Common Concerns

To succeed in life, there is incredible pressure today to gain admissions to the ‘right’ school.  We all want successful young adults, so we are under a great deal of stress to be sure that we do everything for our teens. As a parent of a college-bound child, you may be confused by misinformation, much of it from friends and neighbors. You may ask questions such as:

• Can my child get into the school of his or her choice?

• What can we afford?

• How far away should he be?

• Do SAT/ACT scores really make a difference?

• My child has a learning disability; can he even survive at a university?

• Is my teen taking the right classes now to prepare him for college?

• He wants to go where his friends are going, but I don’t know if that school is right for him.

• My child needs a smaller school; is there something that will work for him?

• My teen has done so well in high school that I don’t know where to turn since so many schools have contacted us.

• Does the application essay really matter? What about an interview?

• Shall we visit schools? Which ones? When?

• When is the right time to begin preparing for the application process?

• Early decision or early action, what do these mean? Are they advantageous to us?

These are all sensible questions.

Getting into the college of one’s choice requires a lot of effort and it is never too early to begin. Your teen has the potential to attend any school if he/ she markets himself/herself effectively. You begin by supervising his class schedule beginning as early as the eighth grade. Schedule a consultation where we will review your student’s transcript and assess academic strengths and weaknesses; formulate a plan for enhancing his academic profile and then we will examine his extra-curricular activities and discuss preparing for standardized tests.