ICAN with Anne

ICAN with Anne Place to share thoughts and concerns regarding the road from high school to college. Anne Murphy is a consultant at ICAN.

Independent College Application Navigators (ICAN) is a college guidance consulting group. The mission of ICAN is to provide each student with the necessary tools to navigate the college search and application process. Our goal is to empower students by providing resources, information, and guidance so that they can ultimately find the right college fit. She works with students to help them define their college objectives, assess their strengths, gain insights about their personality and interests, identify a major or area of study, realize the wide range of college options, and ultimately create a list of colleges where they can be successful. She is available to meet students at ICAN’s offices in La Jolla, CA or by special arrangement in Oceanside, CA.

College admission decisions will be out soon. Here are my reflections on my own journey along with some preliminary admi...
03/02/2022

College admission decisions will be out soon. Here are my reflections on my own journey along with some preliminary admissions data.

Posted on February 28, 2022February 28, 2022 by Anne MurphyWhen Things Don’t Go as You Had Hoped Getting Neutered, The Least Favorite of Things When I put Boomer in the car this morning, he was anxious. He likes his morning routine, and this was a big departure from it. He didn’t know if he was ...

Supplemental college essays can be challenging; it could help to prepare in advance.
01/13/2022

Supplemental college essays can be challenging; it could help to prepare in advance.

Posted on January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 by Anne MurphyWhat Has Your Attention? “At Princeton, we value diverse perspectives and the ability to have respectful dialogue about difficult issues. Share a time when you had a conversation with a person or a group of people about a difficult topic. Wh...

When too many choices is not a good thing
01/18/2021

When too many choices is not a good thing

Posted on January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 by Anne MurphyApplication Burnout Have you ever been to a farmers market in the middle of the summer and been so taken with the abundance of heirloom tomatoes, just-picked sweet white corn, summer squash, melons and peaches that you bought more than you cou...

What is a high school student to do?
07/28/2020

What is a high school student to do?

Posted on July 28, 2020July 28, 2020Are SAT and ACT Drowning? Boomer is my puppy Golden Retriever. When the weather warmed up, it was time to introduce him to the pool. It’s in his DNA to like the water, but he didn’t know that. In fact, he didn’t know that he inherently knew how to swim. His ...

03/18/2020

Posted on March 17, 2020March 17, 2020College Campuses are Closed; Now What? Three Alternative Steps to Researching Colleges. By now we have all been, at worst, sickened or at best, inconvenienced by COVID 19. In the education world, there are many questions and few answers: How long will school be....

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