Peninsula College Advising

07/29/2023

Recently, I attended an information session and toured the beautiful campus of Georgetown University—on an extremely hot summer day. I took a Lyft ride to the gates and walked the short distance to the admissions office in an imposing stone building. Students and their families thronged into the s

03/23/2023

Hope all seniors are receiving acceptances from colleges they are excited to attend! Check out my new blog post on waitlists:

Why so many waitlists?   It’s late March again and seniors are receiving admissions notifications.  They anticipate acceptances—and some denials from their stretch schools—but few consider that they might be waitlisted from a school of their choice.  Yet “waitlisting” is

05/04/2020

With P/F grading and reduced standardized testing, college application essays are more important than ever this year!

Register for one of my summer personal statement workshops to get a headstart on your application essays. June workshops will be online!

PCA offers individual consultations, college essay writing workshops, and graduate school admissions advising

01/13/2020

Cal Poly SLO--hike through Poly Canyon's Design Village. Saw architectural/engineering sculptures by Cal Poly students. Very impressive!

01/13/2020

Check out PCA's new blog post on UCSB:

I visited the University of CA, Santa Barbara on a sunny Friday morning in January and came away with a very favorable imp...

03/28/2019

Check out my new blog post on University of Chicago and Northwestern University:
http://collegesearchpyw.blogspot.com/2019/03/elite-chicago-universities-similarities.html

01/28/2019

Summer 2019 Personal Statement Workshops now available! Register online to jumpstart your college essays in a supportive environment. All workshops personally taught by Beth Harrison, Independent College Advisor and English professor for over 25 years:
https://www.peninsulacollegeadvising.com/college-essay-workshops

08/25/2018

Here's my latest blog post: http://collegesearchpyw.blogspot.com/2018/08/annual-advice-from-this-years.html

08/19/2018

Great opinion piece by Frank Bruni on navigating college:

They’re privileged, pivotal years. Navigate them with as much care as you did the path that got you there.

08/14/2018

Check out my new post about college readiness for high school students:

I’ve written about “soft” or non-cognitive skills on this blog previously and I’m often emphasizing their import...

04/23/2018

Spring College Tours--see my new blog post on Babson College:
http://collegesearchpyw.blogspot.com/2018/04/babson-college-not-just-for-business.html

02/11/2018

Check out my new blog post about Berkeley's Engineering School:
http://collegesearchpyw.blogspot.com/2018/02/why-berkeley-engineering.html