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…
Protecting Your Family Against Digital and Identity Theft
My 24-year-old graduate-student son recently had a terrible experience that offers many lessons to college-aged students and their parents. As a nice, smart kid who typically…
Announcing Karen Wehr, New College Goals’ Counselor
COLLEGE GOALS is pleased and proud to announce that Karen Wehr has joined our team of dedicated higher education counselors and is already accepting students and families into her…
High School Course Selection
As an admission officer at a very selective college, perhaps the most common question I had to field was this: "Will colleges care more about my grades or about the rigor of my…
Sophomores: PSAT, Pre-ACT and Subject Tests
Fall is time for you to test the waters of standardized testing. Many of you have just taken the PSAT and/or Pre-ACT at school. I hope you treated this as an opportunity and not…