by Lee Norwood | Sep 5, 2022 | Senior Year
Think of your college application as a key to access. Whatever the situation, gaining access involves a deliberative, if not competitive, application process. The greater the demand, the higher the expectations attached to the person submitting the application. The...
by Lee Norwood | Sep 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
We are proud members of the Independent Educational Consultants Association. Our goal at ACC is to spread facts not germs! Here are the facts on the loan forgiveness policy. IECA Member Alert on Biden Administration Student Loan Policy By Johnna Purcell, Pillsbury...
by Lee Norwood | Jul 20, 2022 | College Admissions, Uncategorized
9 Myths Debunked As you know, we are advocates of finding the right fit for each student. Usually people are only familiar with schools they or their friends attended, colleges that they saw in a movie, or those that have an Ivy-like reputation. We caution this...
by Cori Dykman | Jul 11, 2022 | Campus Tours, College Admissions
Many colleges and universities throughout the U.S have Honors Colleges or Honors Programs that are worth investigating. Such programs offer advantages to students that are in the top tier of the college’s applicants. Honors programs may have the best professors,...
by guestblogger | Jul 10, 2022 | College Admissions, Senior Year
In the good old days when your grandparents and parents were going to college, majors were pretty standard stuff. Engineering, math, biology, English literature, world history, French, or something comparable. Majors served the purpose of qualifying them for...
by Lee Norwood | Jun 23, 2022 | College Admissions
We are happy to be reposting this article and webinar hosted by Expert Admission with guests Whitney Soule, Vice Provost and Dean of Admissions at the University of Pennsylvania, and Shane McGuire, Senior Associate Director of Admissions at Vanderbilt University....
by Lee Norwood | Jun 12, 2022 | College Admissions
Curry is perhaps the greatest pure shooter in NBA history, yet he was overlooked by top college basketball programs and ended up at Davidson University, a relatively unknown program at the time. Similarly, as admissions offices at elite colleges increasingly...
by Lee Norwood | May 15, 2022 | College Admissions, Essays
WILL YOUR ESSAY BE HOT, HOT, HOT? Imagine that your house is on fire. We know you would save your family and pets, but what if…you have just enough time to run back inside to save one (only one) item: no time to deliberate. You rush inside and grab the first...
by Lee Norwood | May 12, 2022 | College Admissions, Uncategorized
9th and 10th Grade Whatever you call the school counselor at your child’s high school — guidance counselor, college counselor, etc — please know that they are an integral part of the college application process. A few elements of their job are: to offer...
by Austin Curwen | May 1, 2022 | College Admissions, Uncategorized
The college essay is an important part of your application. Your test scores and grades provide the admissions officer insight into your…well…test scores and grades. Some consider these numbers an indicator of your readiness for the “rigors” of college...
