How-To: Make a Portfolio

In applying for colleges and scholarships, I have been asked many times to include a writing or artistic portfolio. It really helps the recipient get an understanding of your personality, interests, and even intelligence, through proper use of grammar and so forth. So how exactly is a portfolio made? Let’s start with the basics.

My Experience with Personal College Counselors

Every high school has counselors who can guide you through the college application process and give you the information you need.  Unfortunately, the average student-to-counselor ratio is 500 to 1.  Clearly, sometimes you can’t get all the individual help that you need.
Click here to see my previous post about college counseling.
At the beginning of November, I [...]

The College Interview…and the Next One…and the Next One…

Over the course of my application frenzy, I did three separate admissions interviews. All were in-person, two with alumni and one was with an admissions rep. They were all in different locations, all had different tones, all asked different questions. But there was one uniting factor between all of them:
They terrified me.
The weight of an [...]

My Common Application Supplements

Whoever said applying to college was easy never applied to college.
Let me tell you, I’ve been preparing and researching for this moment where I’d have to finally apply and 1) I’m still completely terrified and 2) I’m still deciding (on practically everything)! I keep asking myself, “Does this REALLY showcase my personality, my ambitions, and all [...]

My College Getaway – Trip to Springfield, MA!

Greetings from MA! As you may or may not know, I’m from Stamford, CT. Right now I’m staying over night at a Hampton Inn to visit some colleges including American International College and Springfield College, both of which are indeed in Springfield!

College Week Live, Fall 2008 (How was it??)

If you guys don’t already know, College Week Live is a stellar, FREE two-day virtual college fair that includes over 200 colleges and 30+ presentations from college admission experts.

This past 12th and 13th of November was, you guessed it, CWL! Boy, it sure does keep getting better each and every time!

College Counselors

The college application process can be very draining. Juggling applications, extracurriculars, AP/IB, SATs and SAT IIs and of course your social life is no easy task, especially in your junior and senior years.
The solution? Most students go it alone and somehow push through the last two years of high school. A small [...]

Asking For Letters Of Recommendation

…is terrifying.
Because when you were putting off that English essay or that lab report last year, I bet you weren’t thinking about your letters of rec. And if you’re anything like me, you might be losing sleep over the fact that someone is going to write a judgment of you that may significantly impact the [...]

Why apply early? Or, why not?

Applying early vs. regular is probably one of the more confusing little decisions you have to make in the process. It doesn’t seem terribly complicated at first, but then you start to realize the deadlines are coming at you like a village mob, and then you find out that there may be some commitment involved. [...]

I’m stuck.

I have writer’s block times a million.
Not only have I been mulling over a college blog related post I thought of about a month ago but I’m also incredibly stuck on what to write for my college application essay. The Common Application came out on July 1st. I actually finished about half of it the [...]