Welcome to the Achieve Admissions monthly newsletter! Interesting articles, posts and insights collected over the past month to help you keep up with what's happening in the world of college admissions. Let me know if you have any questions or comments. Please pass this along to anyone who may be interested. In The News Why your new SAT score is not as strong as you think it is Still working out the kinks with the new SAT… and what the heck is “concordance” Discounting of C

Earlier this month I attended the three-day conference of the Independent Educational Consultants Association. Here are some insights from sessions with college admissions officers and other experts. Five takeaways here, five more were shared previously in Part 1. Your choice of college major can impact the admissions process. Some colleges use the same admissions criteria for all students, while others have specific (higher) criteria for certain majors. Students wanting to m

Earlier this month I attended the three-day conference of the Independent Educational Consultants Association. Here are some insights from sessions with college admissions officers and other experts. Five takeaways here, five more in Part 2 tomorrow. “An admissions officer’s imagination is always worse than reality.” An admissions officer from a top university cautioned that unexplained holes or concerning trends in a student's high school record leave them to assume the wo