Collegiate Gateway LLC

07/27/2026

There’s more to applying to law school than the “Top Fourteen” (T14). It is important to research each law school on your list to determine whether it will be a great fit for your preferences and future career goals. Read our tips for how to research law schools and factors to consider in finding your best-fit law school.

You’ve decided that you want to pursue a career in law and that you’re going to apply to law school — now what? An important step in the application process is determining the law school features that best fit your needs. While law schools

07/15/2026

Read about the most common grammar mistakes that we see in editing college essays and how to fix them. Also, learn about our writing style tips for expressing ideas in your own unique voice.

Even the most talented writers make grammatical mistakes! Whether writing is a favorite pastime or a dreaded task, it will play a central role in your college application process. As such, we’ve compiled a list of grammar and writing style tips to keep in

07/14/2026

Strong teacher recommendations for college applications personalize and differentiate you and place you within the context of other students. Select teachers who can create a picture of you as an individual, share your unique qualities, and tell the colleges how you will contribute to the academic world. Read our tips for choosing recommenders and suggested responsibilities for students.

Strong teacher recommendations personalize and differentiate you, place you within the context of other students, and round out your college application. To that end, it is important to start developing your relationships with teachers early on in your high school career; by junior year,

07/01/2026

Read our tips for writing an effective college match essay for your college applications. The ideal match essay will paint a picture of a two-way street in which the college is a great fit for you, and you are a great fit for it. In order to do this successfully, you’ll need to thoroughly research each college you’re applying to, then compose a compelling piece of writing articulating the specific “match” areas you’ve identified.

While the personal essay you write for your college applications will likely be consistent from school to school (especially if they use the Common Application), for colleges that request a “match” essay, you’ll need to write something highly specific to each school. With this essay, schools

06/30/2026

Read our tips for crafting an impressive resume for your college applications and internships. Follow these do’s and don’ts to showcase your leadership skills and experiences.

At Collegiate Gateway, we believe that developing a resume early in your high school career is extremely beneficial. In 9th grade, you can begin maintaining a log of your activities to make note of important information such as the activity and organization name, your role and

06/29/2026

Collegiate Gateway has enormous success helping students transfer to a new college where they can thrive academically and personally. We deliver specialized expertise in the unique requirements of transfer applications, reflected in the fact that 94% of our transfer clients are accepted to one of their top two schools. Our transfer consulting includes a special focus on helping students understand their evolving needs and identify exceptional new schools that are a perfect fit.

Congratulations to our transfer students who received admission to the universities listed below over the past few years!

06/22/2026

We know that it’s difficult to get started with your Personal Essay! We provide you with a variety of ways to organize your story in the most effective way possible and share some tried-and-true models to help you build a compelling essay.

In Part I of our blog series on the Personal Essay for College, we discussed how to brainstorm the best topics for YOU – topics that will differentiate you and convey to admissions officers significant aspects of who you are. In this blog post, Part II: Narrative

06/18/2026

Are you feeling overwhelmed at the thought of writing your personal essay for the Common Application? We walk you through some tried-and-true tips for crafting a tight, captivating personal essay that will wow admissions officers. In this blog post, Part I: Brainstorming, we cover how to develop the best topics to write about. In our next blog post, Part II: Narrative Structures, we provide several options for how you can tell your story.

As you prepare your college applications, the most important and likely the most difficult component you will confront will be the personal essay. Required on the Common Application, the personal essay asks you to answer the question: WHO ARE YOU? Beyond the existential challenge of identifying and

06/16/2026

There is still time to register for our presentation, Gateway to Success: Early High School Matters, which will take place by Zoom on Wednesday, 6/17, at 8pm EST - 9pm EST.
Learn how to set yourself up for college success in 8th, 9th, and 10th grades. We will discuss making informed choices about academics, standardized testing, and activities, and how to navigate the evolving college admissions landscape.

Learn how to set yourself up for college success in 8th, 9th, and 10th grades.An ONLINE interactive presentation and Q&A with leading admissions expert Caroline Ferrucci.This discussion is open to high school students, as well as parents!TOPICS WILL INCLUDE:*Making informed choices about academics,

06/11/2026

Register for our presentation, Gateway to Success: Early High School Matters, which will take place by Zoom on Wednesday, 6/17, at 8pm EST - 9pm EST.
Learn how to set yourself up for college success in 8th, 9th, and 10th grades. We will discuss making informed choices about academics, standardized testing, and activities, and how to navigate the evolving college admissions landscape.

Learn how to set yourself up for college success in 8th, 9th, and 10th grades.An ONLINE interactive presentation and Q&A with leading admissions expert Caroline Ferrucci.This discussion is open to high school students, as well as parents!TOPICS WILL INCLUDE:*Making informed choices about academics,