I was an early proponent of ZeeMee, a free, completely optional online app whereby students could build a “mini- website” for college admissions using videos, photos and text. But now that praise has become harsh criticism. On August 1, the opening date of the 2017-18...
Colleges usually send their admissions decisions to applicants in mid-March, either by e-mail or US mail. However, this year it seems that many will be sending their “accepts” and “regrets” a bit later – on or about April 1. After Tulane’s and Columbia’s snafus earlier in...
[separator type='transparent' color='' thickness='' up='15' down='15'] Although in the past, high school students could start thinking about college towards the end of junior year, 2017 has ushered in several major changes to the college admissions process that make it essential for families to begin focusing on...
As we reflect back on the past year, we are extremely grateful to all of our wonderful clients who have allowed us to walk with them during their college admissions journey. The class of 2016 is now home for winter vacation and many of them...
Each summer and early fall, Crimson College Consulting works with our rising seniors to begin brainstorming topics and writing a first draft of their college essays. This year, a number of students have expressed an interest in writing about their views on the upcoming presidential...
As high school students tour colleges this summer, they should notice the improvements that are taking place on US campuses in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement. College students across the country have been challenging their schools’ historical connections to slavery, oppression and racism,...
Last month, I had the pleasure of attending a weeklong counselor tour of most of the colleges in the state of Maine. [separator type='transparent' color='' thickness='' up='5' down='5'] Tours for private college admissions counselors are different from the usual family tours. While we do get to see...
There it is, an email from your first choice college. You open it and…DRAT! You've been waitlisted! [separator type='transparent' color='' thickness='' up='5' down='10'] But what does "waitlisted" actually mean? [separator type='transparent' color='' thickness='' up='5' down='5'] The waitlist is a list of students who were not offered admission in the...
So many students and families wait until their junior or even senior year of high school to start planning for college. But there are many good reasons to start the process early: [separator type='transparent' color='' thickness='' up='10' down='10'] Exploring Colleges Takes Time [separator type='transparent' color='' thickness='' up='5' down='5'] The...