Hello! 
I expect this to be a very strange month filled with strange decisions, but all applicants hopefully will be able to enroll at colleges where they will thrive. Your March newsletter is attached.  Articles include:

• Handling Denials – How Parents Can Help – Denials are inevitable in an atmosphere of increasingly selective admissions, so how can parents help ease the pain when their child is not chosen, for many reasons relating to the college’s priorities and needs?
• Majoring in the Fine Arts – Students interested in the visual arts may choose to pursue their passion either at a specialized art institute or as an art major at a more comprehensive college.  Learn how the experience differs here.
• Appealing Financial Aid Awards – If your first-choice college offers everything you want but the price tag is making you waiver, don’t give up hope. Instead, consider appealing to the college’s financial aid office for more money.  Learn how here and access a new website that will help guide you through the process.
• Wallowing on the Waitlist – Adding to all the trials of the COVID-19 experience, colleges this year are expected to offer a record-number of waitlist spots to prospective applicants. Should you opt-in for consideration? Is there anything that would make it more likely to be admitted from the waitlist?

Thank you 
Patty 

Greetings and Happy New Year!!
Wishing you the happiest and healthiest of New Years.

Your January issue targets both seniors and underclassmen. Articles include:

• Making Sense of College Rankings – For many students and parents, one of their many early college research options is to go directly to those famous lists of college rankings. Tread carefully here; rankings may not tell you what you really need to know.
• Majoring in Psychology – One of the most popular college majors, a major in psychology can lead to a variety of job opportunities in widely different fields.
• Money for College – Yes, college is expensive, but there is aid available to help you and your family pay for college. Explore the major sources of financial aid for college here.
• Avoiding Senior Slump – Always a danger during the second semester of senior year.

Enjoy
Patty

Hello!

Hope you and your family are doing well. 

Click the button below for your November College Planning Newsletter.  Here you’ll find seasonally appropriate articles:

• Taking a Deep Dive into a College Website – In the age of COVID, everything about college research has changed and teens must focus their efforts on online resources, the college website being the primary focus of that research. Learn here how to gather the information you’ll need to make decisions about fit.
• Majoring in Communications – If you are interested in journalism, politics, public relations, blogging, or analyzing language, a communications major may be right for you. A communications major prepares you for a wide variety of careers.
• The CSS Profile –  About 400 colleges, universities, and scholarship programs use both the FAFSA and an additional form, the CSS Profile, to gather more information in order to award their own institutional funds to deserving students.  Learn more here.
• Making the Most of Virtual Tours (part 2) – Last month we talked about some of the ways students could use virtual options to learn more about prospective colleges. Here are some additional routes for making the most of the digital world. 

Thank you, 

Patty 

Hello!

I hope you and your family are well.

Its difficult to believe students are back in school (or home), and college admissions looks more unpredictable than usual.

Attached you’ll find your September newsletter issue.  Included are articles such as:

• Making the Most of Virtual Learning – Assuming that your fall semester will be either 100% online or a hybrid form of online and in-person classes, how can you make the very best of this way of learning? 
• Majoring in Archeology – Archaeology is the study of cultures from the new and old. Majors can choose from a variety of career paths.
• The Language of Financial Aid – College financial aid is filled with a variety of acronyms. To make the process easier, we offer a handy translation guide.
• Demonstrating Interest – COVID Edition – Traditionally, students have been able to show their interest through personal contact and visiting college campuses. How can this be done utilizing a virtual world?

Enjoy!

Patty

Hello

I hope you and your families are healthy and safe!

Your May issue includes timely articles:

• Choosing a Gap Year – With the uncertainty surrounding the reopening of colleges in the fall of 2020, a greater number of students than usual are contemplating taking a gap year. Read about the pros and cons of taking a gap year and the process needed to do this.
• Majoring in Biotechnology – Because biotechnology is used in many fields and because the job market for it is projected to grow, biotechnology is a strong subject to major in. Learn here about the courses you’ll take, the skills you’ll learn, and the careers to which these may be applied.
• Paying Your Child’s College Bill – A few months before your child starts college, you’ll receive a bill from the college for your child’s first semester (or quarter) expenses. Here are some options to meet these expenses.
• Virtual Summer Programs – Unfortunately, Covid-19 has led to the closing of nearly all of the campus-based summer programs for high school students. So what can you do with your summer now?

Thank you
Patty