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The T&C Guide to Mothers and Daughters
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (463+ words) The relationship between mothers and daughters is one of the most important, complicated, and compelling ones out there'and it's front and center right now, from fashion shows to film festivals, boardrooms, and beyond. Stand up straight, honey, and pay attention....
Is This the End for Early Decision?
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (96+ words) There is mounting criticism of a college application process that was originally meant to offer kids an option to apply only to their dream school. Yale's New Report Asks: Are We Worth the Price? Strongest Alumni Networks According to Linked…...
What to Do If You Didn't Get Into Your Top-Choice College Via Early Decision
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (406+ words) Colleges and universities are sending out early decision letters. Here's what one independent college admissions advisor tells clients who receive a deferral or are denied. It's a fraught moment for those applicants who receive a deferral or are denied and…...
Client Challenge
3+ week, 5+ day ago (20+ words) UCLA Basketball Coach Cori Close's Mom Patti Is Known to the Team as "Mother Bruin'Town & Country Magazine...
The Kids Ride in Coach. Don't They?
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (156+ words) An Upper East Side mom's economy-only rule for travel with kids caused a social-media uproar, but she's intent on standing her ground'even at 30, 000 feet. Responses ranged from effusive praise with strangers commending my "great parenting" to genuine outrage. One commenter…...
A College Admissions Expert on How to Choose the Right College for You
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (627+ words) Weighing merit aid offers? Waitlisted at your top choice? Or just can't decide which school would be best? Here's how one independent college admissions counselor advises her clients when it comes time to decide which college offers to accept. Lindsay…...
Are Too May Harvard Students Making As?
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (187+ words) A faculty committee at Harvard released recommendations on how to tame grade inflation at the Ivy League school. Grade inflation has been a concern at colleges and universities across the country, including other Ivies. Yale announced in 2023 that four out…...
A College Admissions Expert Reveals the Summer Activities That Will Actually Impress on an Application
3+ mon, 5+ hour ago (33+ words) Is there a way for high school students who are thinking about college to optimize their summer vacations and still have fun? We asked Lindsay Tanne Howe, a college admissions counselor and founder. .....
Is AI Ruining College Forever?
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (182+ words) Students are using AI to cheat. Faculty are using it, too. Beyond these unassailable facts lies a much bigger issue for anyone interested in the future of higher education. Some of his predictions seem hard to imagine, such as classes…...