College ADMISSIONS Insights:
Bonnie R. Rabin, Ph.D.
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PLANNING, Scholarships and Financial Aid – Yes You Can Afford College! FIND YOUR HOME!
Greetings Families! Whether you're in family with a high school senior (21) wondering about your choices and how the seemingly daunting process of applying for financial aid will fare when your acceptances and award letters arrive, or just starting high school and...
College Admissions: Early Planning Essential to Discovery, Joy and College Application Success
Greetings Students and Families As we head into the holiday season- our students may be uncertain about how this year will unfold- classes moving in and out of virtual learning, extracurriculars that have been reshaped and confusion about in-person college campus...
COLLEGE APPLICATIONS– SENIORS ’21 WHAT TO DO NOW? UPDATE LETTERS, MID-YEAR REPORTS, GAp Year Planning
Greetings Seniors (’20) and Families, First, please give a round of applause to our seniors and I offer heartfelt congratulations to students receiving acceptances thus far many including merit-based scholarships and invitations to Honors Programs! Click...
CollegE Board Eliminates SATII Subject Tests and Optional Essay Portion of SAT – Implications – SAT vs ACT?
Greetings Students and Families, You may have already heard the news- as the story has been announced everywhere. SAT II Subject Tests and the Writing Section of the SAT have been eliminated at the College Board.Here's the link from a respectable news source for...
College Admissions & College Planning – What Are You Doing This Summer?
Greetings and Welcome to 2021! i know everyone enjoyed the winter break- and a joyous break - recharged for a successful second semester. Are you realizing your academic, personal and college planning goals this year?What are you doing this summer? Click to...
College Admissions Top 10 “Mistakes” Part III of III
Greetings Students and Families In this final piece of my 3-part series, I will present some remaining "mistakes" to avoid in college admissions Planning. This is a perfect time of year to revisit your Educational and College Admissions Goals - Schedule your Mid-Year...
College Planning: “Mistakes” to Avoid – Part II of III
Greetings Students and Families In this note, I continue to discuss the Top Mistakes to Avoid in College Admissions. Keep in mind, students need to have set college planning and educational goals- there are no mistakes nor success if unique yardsticks of...
College Admissions – “Mistakes to Avoid”- Part 1 of 3
Greetings Students & FamiliesWhat's your favorite flavor of ice-cream? Embrace and enjoy that scoop- don't follow the crowd at the ice-cream store or in life! My goal is to help build your student's educational strategy to leave each student feeling...
Colleges Accepting Applications After January 1 — Seniors ’21 — Re-evaluate your College List!
colGreetings Seniors and Families (Also -Information for Juniors about Rolling Admissions) There are several reasons why students/parents may still be Googling or searching the Common App database for colleges that are still allowing students to submit college...
College Applications- What’s on the SAT?
Greetings Students and Famiies - Welcome to 2021! I hope you've enjoyed the first few blogs in my 4-part series on all things related to testing for your college applications My series covers : WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TESTING??All families have many questions...
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