What does “deferred” mean and what should your next steps be if you have been deferred or waitlisted by one or more of your schools?

May 1st is the universal decision date deadline for students to select admission to their top choice college and pay their first deposit. Here are some tips on how to make your decision when you have several offers on the table.

The personal statement is likely to be the college application component over which you have the most control. But it is also an intimidating task to sum up the whole of your being into approximately 650 words. Here are my tips to take this process one step at a time.

Early Decision I, Early Decision II, Early Action, Single Choice Early Action, Regular, Rolling— aka ED I, EDII, SCEA, EA, RD… Ahhh! What does all of this even mean?

Here are the 5 most important components to the application process, and a tip for each one.