by paulculp | May 15, 2019 | Admissions
To use Churchill’s expression, the summer before senior year isn’t the beginning of the end, but it’s the end of the beginning. By Paul Culp, MA (Oxon.), CFT, GCDF, CCSP Late spring is an exciting time of year not just for high school seniors who are... by paulculp | May 10, 2019 | Admissions
By Paul Culp, MA (Oxon.), CFT, GCDF, CCSP Old. Let’s be frank about it. You’d have to be pretty old to remember a time when the SAT or ACT wasn’t a fact of life for most high school students who aspire to a college education. It still is. However, the winds of change... by paulculp | Apr 26, 2019 | Admissions
By Paul Culp, MA (Oxon.), CFT, GCDF, CCSP The National Association of College Admission Counseling has released its report on the State of College Admission as of 2018, a document stuffed with plenty of vital information not only for educators but also for families... by paulculp | Apr 1, 2019 | Admissions, Applications
By Paul Culp, MA (Oxon.), CFT, GCDF, CCSP Twice now we’ve written about peculiar scholarships, in parts one and two of The Odds Are Good But the Goods Are Odd. Now it’s time to look at unusual colleges. For this we need some ground rules, because it would be easy... by paulculp | Mar 25, 2019 | Admissions
By Paul Culp, MA (Oxon.), CFT, GCDF, CCSP It’s a sad commentary on the media and the American public that the overwhelming majority of news stories on the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal are devoted to the two Hollywood celebrities involved, with many of... by paulculp | Mar 16, 2019 | Admissions, Applications
We’re guessing Target won’t be carrying a Mossimo back-to-college line next fall, but there are bigger things to worry about. By Paul Culp, MA (Oxon.), CFT, GCDF, CCSP The recent “Varsity Blues” college admissions bribery scandal has trained a cold...