College ADMISSIONS Insights:
Bonnie R. Rabin, Ph.D.
STEM College Admissions – Increasing Your Chances – How to Prepare for your STEM Education?
Greetings Students and Families, This is the second blog in my multi-part series on STEM COLLEGE PLANNING. As regular readers of my newsletters and blogs know, I've spoken about how College Admissions Officers want to know two things about every applicant: 1 Who are...
STEM College Admissions- What is A STEM Major-? What do STEM Admissions Officers Want to Know?
Greetings Students and Families STEM COLLEGE ADMISSIONS and STEM College Planning Are Unique-- Often Multi-Disciplinary Planning Next year's courses ? Please CLICK to read my recent piece on High School Course Planning- AP vs AICE vs IB *** Current Seniors: It's...
AP Scoring Guidelines, College Credit & Your College Admissions Options
Greetings Students and Families This is the concluding piece of my IV-Part series on AP exams. AP classes introduce students to potential academic paths and spark further academic interests and discovery. CLICK TO SCHEDULE YOUR COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PLANNING ASSESSMENT...
AP Exams- New Schedule and Format – Changes in College Applications & Common App
Greetings Students and Families, This is the second blog in my series on AP Exams. Let's talk about this year's changes: Multiple AP Exam Dates and Formats So here we are and the College Board has made some changes for the AP 2021 exams—in response to many school...
AP Exams and College Admissions: Their Importance – Which AP Exams/Courses to Take?
Greetings High School Students and Families! *** Current Seniors: It's Decision Time -- Where will you place your deposit May 2021 - Need some help deciding and evaluating your options or negotiating your financial aid offers ? Financial Aid "Negotiations" take place...
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS- LAST MINUTE TIPS FOR JNRS & SNRS – WHAT IF YOU’RE WAITLISTED? GAP YEARS? NEGOTIATING FINANCIAL AID
Greetings Students & Families! Congratulations to all our Seniors! I’m so proud of everyone – college acceptances, lucrative scholarships and invitations to participate in research/honors programs. Bravo! Most Seniors have spent the last month making difficult...
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS – MAKING THE DECISION on WHERE to PLACE YOUR ADMISSIONS DEPOSIT? NEGOTIATE FINANCIAL AID AWARDS
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS DECISION NOTIFICATIONS HAVE ARRIVED! Greetings to Seniors ’21 (and early thoughts for classes of 2022 and 2023)! Congratulations! Last year at this time, many of you were involved in visiting college campuses virtually. You set out to...
Medical School Admissions and AMCAS, MCAT TIPS
Greetings Undergraduates (and High School Students)! Perhaps you’ve always known you wanted to engage in patient care and aspired to become a physician. If we worked together during high school you were already made aware of the essential steps towards achieving...
College Planning- What to Include in Your College Admissions Plan – Plan Early!
Greetings Families! Whether you've just started high school (class of 24) wondering about the classes you've selected (don't have a favorite yet?!) or how to more effectively manage your time-- or perhaps you're a junior (22) thinking about where you'll be spending...
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PLANNING- HS COURSES – DUAL ENROLLMENT– IS That Right for You?
Greetings Middle & High School Families! This is the third of a series on High School Course Planning for the 2021-22 Academic Year. AP, IB, AICE Academies were discussed in my previous two blogs: Today we focus on High School Students and Dual-Enrollment??!!...
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