College ADMISSIONS Insights:
Bonnie R. Rabin, Ph.D.
College Admissions Planning- Tips for Common App 2021-22 Given the Pandemic
Greetings Students and Families, If you're a regular reader of my blogs and newsletters, you've been following my tips throughout the pandemic on handling school closings, extracurricular activities on pause, revised AP/SAT/ACT exams and summer cancellations during...
College Admissions: Understanding the FAFSA, Your Financial Aid Eligibility and the CSS Profile
Greetings Families, This blog is my final piece of a 4-part series on Financial Aid and Scholarships - understanding many of finer points related to college admissions planning and your college applications. WHEN, HOW AND WHERE DO I APPLY FOR FINANCIAL AID?...
College Admissions: How Much Can We Afford to Pay For College?
Greetings Families, This blog continues my series on Financial Aid and Scholarships- related to your Common Application 2021-22 and your College Admissions Planning HOW MUCH CAN WE AFFORD TO PAY FOR COLLEGE? Based on whatever “list” of college rankings appeals...
College Applications – Applying for Financial Aid and Scholarships –
Greetings Families, This is the second in my series on Financial Aid and Scholarships related to College Admissions. WHAT To KNOW ABOUT FINANCIAL AID & SCHOLARSHIPS? All families have many questions about financial aid and paying for college including: Is our...
College Admissions- Financial Aid – Ignore the Sticker Price- Part I of IV
Greetings Students and Families, Whether you're contemplating next year's courses Selecting High School Courses, Electives, AICE vs AP vs IB as you begin high school, or you're a Rising Senior (2022) starting the college application process, all families have many...
College Admissions Essays- Common App 2021-22 College Applications
Greetings Students and Families, If you're a regular reader of my blogs and newsletters, you've been following my tips on about college admissions changes throughout the pandemic- revised AP/SAT/ACT exams, summer cancellations and closed college campuses during...
Colleges Accepting Applications for Fall 2021 Class of 2025 Including Transfer Students
Greetings, If you’re a graduating high school senior who may be already thinking about making a change to where you’ll be attending this fall or perhaps you’re a undergraduate rethinking launching your career and instead thinking it’s time to attend graduate school—I...
College Planning– Selecting A “Major” and Creating Your Balanced List of Colleges– Reach, Match, Safety Campuses
Greetings Students and Families, Whether you’re a high school junior (22) beginning the college application process-- forming your college short list or perhaps you're already in progress working on your Common Application Core Essay for the 2021-22 season-- or maybe-...
College Acceptance & Ivy League 2025 Acceptance Rates: Myths of College Acceptance Rates
Greetings Students & Families! We're in the middle of AP exam testing where high schools are testing under one of three rounds of exams this year. GOOD LUCK TO ALL OUR STUDENTS as you continue into the second week of AP testing. I also refer families to my...
College Applications: What Do Admissions Officers Want to Know? Top 10 Mistakes
Greetings Students and Families, How is everyone doing? As you head into the end of the academic year, this is the time to assess what you've learned about yourself and explore whether goals were attained? Some things were out-of-your control - but let's discuss...
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