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 | 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...
by guestblogger | Jan 12, 2023 | Junior Year, Senior Year
Article by Adriane Donkers, College Consultant with Annapolis College Consulting Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses are offered in many high schools. When choosing your classes each year, you may wonder whether you should enroll in...
by Lee Norwood | Jan 5, 2023 | College Admissions, Senior Year, Uncategorized
At this point in the year, most top schools have let students from the Early Applications and Early Decision round know their results. We are celebrating all of the acceptances with you!! If you’ve been deferred or denied, we want you to take a minute and think about...
by guestblogger | Jan 4, 2023 | College Admissions, Junior Year
An article adapted from one of our colleagues. and sprinkled with some of our original love. The original author is unknown. Your baby is one step closer to leaving the nest and you want to help! That is normal. College is their next milestone and you want to jump in...
by Lee Norwood | Dec 31, 2022 | Junior Year, Uncategorized
We love our team of experts at Annapolis College Consulting! One of those experts is Dave Morris, founder of College Athletic Advisor. Dave brings experience coaching in NCAA Division I, II, and III; as well as the NAIA and the NJCAA. With over two decades of...
by guestblogger | Dec 22, 2022 | Paying For College
For most families, the financial fit is a key part of building a college list. These families realize that being able to pay college costs is just as important as being admitted. It is a good idea to understand your family budget, financial aid practices, and where...
by Lee Norwood | Dec 14, 2022 | College Admissions, Junior Year, Senior Year, Student Life, Uncategorized
As I head to Raleigh to for my daughter’s college graduation, I am filled with emotion. I am so proud of her, and in awe of her accomplishments and with the speed of time passing when you look backward. How is it over so fast? Did Covid make it feel like her...
by Lee Norwood | Nov 15, 2022 | College Admissions, Testing
by Adriane Donkers, Independent College Consultant Students diagnosed with a physical or learning disability or mental illness may wonder if they can attend college. In short, the answer is absolutely, but it will take some extra research, understanding the laws, and...
