College Path Advising

Saturday changes everything (and nothing) about the Common App. 👀 Here's what you actually need to know: for the most part, it's staying the same. The one thing that always resets — the college-specific sections. If your student started anything there, it disappears when the new cycle opens, so that'll need to be redone. The main profile, activities section, and essay prompts are all staying the same. But here's the big one this year: AI-written essays are the #1 thing admissions officers are trained to catch. Your student's essay should be polished — but it needs to sound like a conversation, like them, not like it's been touched by a thousand hands (or a chatbot). Space available for the Hybrid Course — check the link for more information. 🎓

Nobody tells rising junior parents this exists 👀 It's called a kickoff meeting — the very first thing we do together once your student's a rising junior. It's not a stack of applications on day one, it's figuring out where your student actually stands: academic planning, a testing timeline, real extracurricular goals — a plan for the next two years, not a scramble senior fall. Class of 2028 spots are open. Let's get yours on the calendar — link in bio. 🎓

Schools are cutting essays. Colleges didn't get easier — they got sneakier. 👀 Class of 2027 — heard a bunch of schools are dropping supplemental essays this year? Here's what that actually means: the application is easier (fewer pieces to complete), but getting in isn't. With less to work with, your Common App essay is carrying more weight than ever. The biggest mistake I see? Students worrying about how someone else wrote about a topic instead of focusing on their own story. Your essay isn't a formula — it's yours. This is exactly what we dig into inside the College Application Pathway — how to stand out in the one essay that now matters most. Link in bio for more. 📝

The "Why us?" supplemental is where so many rising seniors lose points. 📝
Here's the secret: the school doesn't need to hear how great it is — they know. They want to know why YOUR student and this school fit. Specific programs, specific opportunities, the things only your kid would point to.
Generic answers (great academics, beautiful campus) get tossed. Specific and personal gets remembered.
This is exactly what we work through in the College Application Pathway — all summer, at your senior's pace, so the supplementals don't pile up in October. 🔥
Comment PATHWAY for details. 📩