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What Parents Need to Know About Choosing A Primary or Secondary School

Nov 30, 2022
2 min

What Parents Need to Know About Choosing A Primary or Secondary School

One of the most important education decision a family can make is choosing a primary or secondary school. The years a child spends in primary or secondary are often the most important in their young life. It’s an excellent time for parents to learn about the resources they have access to help their child. It’s also an opportune time for parents develop relationships with others parents and educators. This is an important decision that can often times be difficult for parents

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What Parents Should Know During The Home Stretch of College Admission

Sapneil Parikh

Nov 28, 2022
2 min

What Parents Should Know During The Home Stretch of College Admission

Undoubtedly, the college admission process can be very stressful. It’s a process that cannot only be very stressful for students, but also for the parents of the students undergoing the process. One of the most stressful times of the college admission process can be near the very end. Anxiously anticipating the responses of colleges can be extremely nerve-racking. It’s particularly important for parents to be there for children kids during this stressful time. Below is a list

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Why It’s Important to Submit Your College Applications Early

Sapneil Parikh

Oct 26, 2022
2 min

Why It’s Important to Submit Your College Applications Early

One of the most underappreciated tips college applicants take for granted is submitting college applications early. College applicants should submit their college applications at least three weeks before their admissions deadline. Below is a list of reasons why submitting college applications early is so important: Avoid submitting applications in a rush! College applicants who refrain from submitting their college applications early tend to submit their applications in a rus

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How to Ace a College Admissions Interview

Sapneil Parikh

Oct 18, 2022
2 min

How to Ace a College Admissions Interview

One of the most important aspects of a college application is the college interview. Interviews are the perfect way for colleges to get to know their prospective students. It gives college admission officers the opportunity to put a face on to a college application. It’s imperative that college applicants perform well on a college interview, and leave off a positive impression. Below are some of the things that college applicants should and should not do in a college intervie

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How to Write an Excellent Extracurricular Essay

Sapneil Parikh

Oct 7, 2022
2 min

How to Write an Excellent Extracurricular Essay

Most colleges require the Common Application personal statement. Many colleges also require applicants to submit additional supplemental essays. These supplemental essays ask students to respond to a wide variety of topics: their most meaningful activity or experience, an important community they belong to, even something which brings them joy. Below you will find our top tips for crafting a strong student activity/experience essay. Read the prompt carefully Many students are

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Faith-Related Extracurricular Activities and College Admission

Sapneil Parikh

Oct 6, 2022
2 min

Faith-Related Extracurricular Activities and College Admission

One of the most important aspects of a high school student’s college application is extracurricular activities. Extracurriculars are an excellent way for students to develop and discover their own interests. Students can demonstrate positive characteristics like leadership, perseverance, and compassion through the extracurriculars they list on their college applications. Unfortunately, over the years students have shied away from showcasing faith-related extracurriculars on t

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Sapneil Parikh

Sep 26, 2022
2 min

2022-2023 Best Colleges Rankings

U.S. News & World Report recently released its 2022 College Rankings. The Best Colleges rankings includes approximately 1,500 colleges and universities across the U.S. But what do these rankings mean and how are they determined? To create the 2022 lists, U.S. News gathered data from each college in the spring and summer of this year. The below measures, and their respective weights, were used to score the colleges in the ranking formula: Graduation and retention rates (22%):

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2022 Updates from Florida Public Universities

Sapneil Parikh

Sep 19, 2022
2 min

2022 Updates from Florida Public Universities

The higher education system in Florida is often ranked as one of the best in the United States. Florida’s higher education system is made up of many well-known universities including UF, FIU, FSU and many more. Workshops were recently held at these universities. Below is the information that was disclosed: FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (FIU), Miami • Fall GPA: 4.2-4.7; Summer 3.9-4.4 • Standardized Tests – SAT: Fall 1250-1380; Summer 1070-1170; ACT: Fall 26-30; Summer 21-2

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The Reasons Why You Should Take The PSAT

Sapneil Parikh

Sep 16, 2022
2 min

The Reasons Why You Should Take The PSAT

The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, or PSAT/NMSQT is an exam that most students take at some point during their high school careers. Most students don’t know why it’s so important to take this exam. Below are some of the reasons why it’s so important. Why it matters to take the PSAT: • Taking the PSAT can help predict how you’ll perform on the SAT. • Taking the PSAT can help you increase your test-taking stamina. • Students that take the PSAT durin

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Supplemental Essay Prompts for the Class of 2023

Sapneil Parikh

Sep 12, 2022
2 min

Supplemental Essay Prompts for the Class of 2023

As a senior in high school, supplemental essays should be on your mind. Supplemental essays are essays with topics or a prompt specific to that school. As this requirement in the application process became available on August 1st through the Common App, it is recommended that you start thinking about what you want to write about and start drafting your essay. Supplemental Essay Outline While the Common Application essay is submitted to various universities, supplemental essay

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Sapneil Parikh

Sep 8, 2022
2 min

SAT/ACT Test Dates for 2022-2023

Registration Tip: Register early! Enrolling early guarantees that students won't experience late expenses. You will likewise have an opportunity to get a spot on your preferred test date and testing location. Registration deadlines can be found on both the ACT and College Board sites. Students who get any accommodations should meet with a counselor to complete the necessary paperwork in order to have their needs met. Tip: Create a Study Plan All universities acknowledge eithe

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Sapneil Parikh

Sep 6, 2022
3 min

Tips for Filling Out FAFSA and CSS Profile

As the 2023-2024 school year continues to approach us, if you are thinking of applying for financial aid, you should get a head start at filling out your FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) and CSS Profile. Both of these applications are made available on October 1 of 2022. While some may not plan on applying for financial aid as it may not be necessary for them, it should be considered in order to obtain non-need-based aid like scholarships and merit awards. FAF

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Supplemental Essay Prompt: Why This College

Sapneil Parikh

Aug 12, 2022
3 min

Supplemental Essay Prompt: Why This College

Numerous universities will request that students respond to at least one school-explicit inquiries alluded to as supplements. One of the most widely recognized supplemental article prompts is typically as per "For what reason would you like to go to this school?" This exposition is intended to check a few things: first, your advantage in the school; second, how the educational program and course contributions match what you are searching for scholastically; and third, how you

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How to be Recruited as a Student-Athlete

Sapneil Parikh

Aug 10, 2022
3 min

How to be Recruited as a Student-Athlete

If you are looking to increase your recruiting potential as a student athlete, below are a couple of tips to considered: 1. Find out about the enrolling system by reading the NCAA and NAIA Guide for the College Bound Student-Athlete and visiting www.freerecruitingwebinar.org. Get familiar with the principles for speaking with school mentors. There are explicit boundaries for precisely how and when mentors/coaches can contact a student and how and when a student can contact me

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Sapneil Parikh

Aug 8, 2022
2 min

Early Action/Decision

Applying Early = A Higher Chance of Being Accepted Numerous schools are conceding enormous quantities of their approaching class from the early application pool. Schools are revealing higher acknowledgment rates for Early Action and Early Decision candidates than for the people who apply Regular Decision. Early Action versus Early Decision Early Decision (ED) is restricting, while Early Action (EA) isn't. "Restricting" signifies the student is committed to go to that school a

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Sapneil Parikh

Jul 4, 2022
2 min

What Essay Topics to Avoid and Why

Your college essay is an important piece of your application and coming up with a writing topic may be difficult, but here are some topics to avoid: 1.Your Academic or potentially Extracurricular Achievements Expecting you have put these on your resume and in the Activities section of the Common App, you really don't want to go over each honor you have gotten since ninth grade. Truth be told, doing this can be off-putting, as it is effortlessly interpreted as bombastic and no

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How To Start Planning For College in 12th Grade

Sapneil Parikh

Jul 1, 2022
4 min

How To Start Planning For College in 12th Grade

Things you can do before winter break (July–December): ● Strengthen your college list and make sure it’s a balanced mix of at least 6 academic safety, fit, and reach schools. ○ Safety is a college that you likely have a very good chance of getting into and you can afford. Safeties should also be colleges you’d be happy to attend. ○ Fit is a college you likely have a good chance of getting into that’s also a good fit for you overall. ○ Reach is a college that may be more of a

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How To Start Planning For College in 11th Grade

Sapneil Parikh

Jun 29, 2022
3 min

How To Start Planning For College in 11th Grade

College planning tasks you can do before winter break (September–December): ● Make a list of what you’re interested in studying and explore career ideas ● Learn about colleges and save schools you’re interested in to your College Board account ● Make an appointment with your counselor to ask about upcoming college fairs and which college representatives are visiting your high school ○ Browse the college brochures and catalogs in your counselor’s office—you might find a colleg

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How To Start Planning For College in 10th Grade

Sapneil Parikh

Jun 27, 2022
2 min

How To Start Planning For College in 10th Grade

Meet with your high school counselor ● Schedule an appointment with your school counselor to make sure your course schedule is challenging enough to prepare you for college ● Find out about the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)—it’s accepted by 2,900 colleges and universities and can help you get college credit, save money, and save time Explore Advanced Placement Courses ● Learn about the AP Program and how it can lead to college credit, advanced placement, or both at

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How To Start Planning For College in 9th Grade

Sapneil Parikh

Jun 23, 2022
2 min

How To Start Planning For College in 9th Grade

Create a four-year high school plan ● Think about what you’d like to accomplish in high school ● Meet with your school counselor to make sure you’re taking the right classes ● Ask your teachers about the types of courses offered by your school. ○ For example: If you’re interested in taking an honors class, are there required classes you have to take first? Explore Advanced Placement (AP) Courses ● Learn about the AP Program and how it can lead to college credit, advanced plac

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