College ADMISSIONS Insights:
Bonnie R. Rabin, Ph.D.
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??!!...
AP Exams– Tips for Preparation – AP Courses & College Applications
Greetings Students and Families, This is my third blog in a 4-part series on AP Exams. As you know, there are three different rounds of exams this spring- your high school will have already determined the dates students will sit for exams. This can be a stressful...
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS – AP VS IB VS AICE – BEST FIT FOR YOUR HS STUDENT?
Greetings Middle & High School Families! On Valentine's Day we spoke about "love" --it's one of those words that students overuse or misuse in college and scholarship essays-- "I've been in love with science for as long as I can remember"-- well, probably not. ...
COLLEGE PLANNING: HS COURSES – AP VS IB VS AICE — ELECTIVES & COLLEGE APPLICATIONS?
Greetings Middle & High School Families! It's Time for Course Planning 2021-22 AP, IB, AICE, Academies, Dual-Enrollment??!! At this time of year, students and parents are focused on course selection and there is quite a bit of uncertainty about...
Changes to May 2021 AP Exams and YOUR College Applications
Greetings Students and Families, So much has changed in college entrances exam requirements the past year during the pandemic. Last year this time I wrote about how AP exams were being changed for May. It was a mess—as so many of my own clients...
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