Parker Educational Consulting - College Admissions Coach

11/09/2022

10/19/2022

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A college admissions consultant helps you do many things (write college essays, assemble activities lists, maintain a workflow, etc.), but perhaps the most important thing is to help you build your college list. Private college consultants have researched and visited many colleges, and once they ge

09/13/2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/us/columbia-university-us-news-ranking.html

After doubt about its data, the university dropped to No. 18 from No. 2. But now many are asking, can the rating system be that easily manipulated?

09/06/2022

There are a couple of new fantastic resources for you online. The first is "Less High School Stress" (sounds good already, right?), which debunks college rankings and does a very convincing job at showing how the top ranked schools aren't terribly different or better than more middle-ranked schools. It has lots of handy factoids, including a list of where currently active NASA astronauts went to college (yes one is from Harvard and there a couple from MIT, but the list also includes Tennessee Tech, NC State, UC Santa Barbara, and Cal State Fullerton- all good schools, but rarely mentioned in the same breath with Yale, which does NOT appear on the list): https://lesshighschoolstress.com/
The other resource has been developed by my professional organization (the IECA) and Oregon State University to be a video companion to lead you step by step through filling out the Common App. It's designed to be open in a window next to your Common App window (or on your phone next to your computer). It's super helpful!
https://open.oregonstate.education/axscompanion/front-matter/gettingstarted

Welcome to the AXS Companion to Common App! This resource is a guide to walk you through the Common Application (Common App) process. This is a shareable, free, open resource.

06/27/2022

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