by Lee Norwood | Feb 20, 2023 | Junior Year
For most students, it’s time to choose your senior year classes. Anticipating “Senioritis,” many of the teens we work with want to take a half-day senior year and drop their foreign language. Most distressingly, they want to circumvent “Core 4 Four:” taking the 5 core...
by Lee Norwood | Feb 10, 2023 | Extra Curricular
Our students are currently discussing what they will do over the summer. This is an excellent time to show interest in your intended major, try something new, and recharge for the next school year. If your student is looking into highly selective colleges, Ivy-level...
by Lee Norwood | Feb 3, 2023 | Junior Year
Did you know that you have an excellent resource right under your nose? That’s right, your high school counselor will be able to help you quite a bit through your journey to college. Many students see very little of their counselors. It’s kind of that 1-2 times a year...
by Lee Norwood | Jan 25, 2023 | College Admissions, Paying For College
If you are my age, feeling 29 and actually 54, the college application process that you remember is no longer relevant. It is a completely different beast. No more paper applications, hands cramping from writing essays, and being finished after applying to 2-3...
by Lee Norwood | Jan 20, 2023 | College Admissions, Senior Year
If a student has been deferred from a college during the early action application season, there will be specific ways that the particular university would ask that you let the know if you would like to stay on their list and be reviewed during the Regular Admissions...