Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCoalition Prompts and University of Maryland Essay; Listener Q&A
The Coalition Application is similar to the Common App in that it is one application students can fill out that is accepted at multiple schools. Whil…
6 years, 10 months ago
Gap Years, What to Do if You Are Deferred, Repaying Student Loan
When college students graduate, they have a grace period of a few months before they need to start repaying their student loans. As that grace period…
6 years, 10 months ago
Top 5 College Application Mistakes; Too Many Applications
Every year we read about students who apply to far too many schools, topping out at 20, 30, and even 40 or more applications. While we appreciate the…
6 years, 11 months ago
UC Personal Insight Essays; Last Minute Tips; College Selection
November 1 marks one of the biggest early application program deadlines of the year, and many students will submit at least one application by that d…
6 years, 11 months ago
University of California Application; Listener Q&A
More than 200,000 students will apply to the University of California system this year using the UC application. That's bound to generate a lot of qu…
6 years, 11 months ago
Merit Scholarships; Early App Deadlines; Mindfulness in Test Prep
People who can write a check for $50,000 or $75,000 to pay for college make up a pretty small group, and not many colleges can or will offer that muc…
6 years, 11 months ago
Underclassmen Goals; Your School Counselor; Costs of Applying
One of your biggest allies in the college process is your school counselor. Whether writing a letter of recommendation, sending out a transcript or d…
6 years, 11 months ago
Bloopers, Early College Programs, Learn to Live Like a Student
Love watching blooper reels for your favorite TV shows? We're offering our own blooper reel of mistakes we saw students and parents making when we we…
7 years ago
Listener Q&A; Johns Hopkins and UC Boulder Supplemental Essays
If you've been staring at a blank computer screen wondering how to craft an answer to the supplemental writing prompts for Johns Hopkins and UC Bould…
7 years ago
College Admissions Myths; the CSS Profile; Submitting Test Scores
There are many, many myths floating around out there about college admissions, and in this new regular segment, we're going to try to replace the myt…
7 years ago