The Value of Visits

After a $120 Uber ride to airport (surge rate???), two cancelled flights, 6 hours waiting to de-ice and take-off only to return to gate, and an unplanned hotel stay in Long Island- I thought about the importance of visiting colleges …
DEA Inclusion: Self-Identifying in the Admission Process

DEA Inclusion: Self-Identifying in the Admission Process

Fall is in full swing!  For my colleagues on the high school side who just made it through the Nov 1st deadline, congratulations! If you are on the college admission side of the desk, happy reading season! It is …
Lizzie Bennett

Lizzie Bennett

The college process has a lot of fairy tale-like aspects. Like Cinderella, I’ve had to research, visit, and perform all sorts of tedious tasks before being able to show up at the ball, or the Common App. My fairy godmother …
Lizzie Bennett

Driving Into the Future

My Options Now to explain how I have narrowed down my options I have to explain all of my options. I was accepted to three schools: all Catholic, four-year institutions. Two of them are in-state and one is two states …
Lizzie Bennett

Waiting to Hear Back From Colleges

I turned eighteen on March 1, which for me marks another challenge I’m trying to face with as much courage as possible: a statement of intent. May 1 is the deadline for many high school seniors across the nation to …