How Heavy Is Your Backpack?
She uses the backpack analogy as a way to help her clients prioritize the things occupying their headspace. A backpack is a useful tool, but it has a limited capacity and a…
Major Myths, Revisited
Students should be encouraged to look at its exciting range of possibilities rather than casting around for a narrow academic box to climb into. But college is also not summer…
A difficult year: early admission outcomes in the age of Covid
Selective colleges across the country, both those with non-binding Early Action policies and those who offer binding Early Decision program, found themselves blitzed with…
NACAC Spring 2021 College Fairs
NACAC (the National Association for College Admission Counseling), with the Common App, is sponsoring a series of “virtual” college fairs, with nearly 600 colleges and…
The Role of Majors in Applying to a Liberal Arts Program
In the admission process to a selective liberal arts college, a lack of any academic focus can also help to weaken a student's application. Some colleges will require applicants…
Announcing Krista Peterson, New College Goals’ Counselor
COLLEGE GOALS is pleased and proud to announce that Krista Peterson has joined our team of dedicated higher education counselors and is already accepting students and families…
Essential Info About College Financial Aid Forms
With the sticker price of many private colleges exceeding $60,000 a year and the cost of public universities steadily rising, more and more families are struggling to fund their…
The Role of Parents in the College Application Process
College admissions present parents with difficult ethical, social and educational choices. We want our children to enjoy the adventure, act with integrity, feel good about the…
A Message to High School Students During This Covid-19 Summer
2020 has been a year of upheaval thus far! There have been many things that are out of your control: remote school, canceled extracurricular activities, social distancing…
Waitlist Wisdom
It used to be that at the end of each application season students got thick envelopes that signaled their acceptances, or thin envelopes that dashed their hopes. With most…