by Megan Dorsey | Apr 28, 2021 | Academic Success, ACT, College Admission, Finding the Right College, SAT
The timeline for college admissions has changed. It is different than it was 10 years ago and completely different than what I did when I applied to college (back when we used typewriters to complete applications!) Today I’m going to outline the suggested (and actual)...
by Megan Dorsey | Apr 1, 2021 | Academic Success, ACT, College Admission, SAT
In the past month I’ve had a number of situations where families were trying to follow too many different approaches and didn’t understand why they weren’t seeing results. It may seem like more information is better when looking to improve ACT / SAT test scores, find...
by Megan Dorsey | Mar 24, 2021 | Academic Success, College Admission
In case you missed the first videos in this series: Course Selection: The Foundation of Your Four-Year Plan Course Selection Part II: Required Courses Course Selection Part III: Electives Course Selection Part IV: Academic Rigor– Should You Take the Advanced...
by Megan Dorsey | Mar 24, 2021 | Academic Success, College Admission
In case you missed the first videos in this series: Course Selection: The Foundation of Your Four-Year Plan Course Selection Part II: Required Courses Course Selection Part III: Electives First, we want students to grow academically; advanced courses can help....
by Megan Dorsey | Feb 10, 2021 | Academic Success, College Admission
Once you have planned for core academic courses and graduation requirements, it is finally time to schedule electives! Elective courses should help explore and develop a student’s interests and talents. Here’s another way to look at it. If I look at your high...
by Megan Dorsey | Feb 10, 2021 | Academic Success, College Admission
In the first video in this course selection series, I discussed the importance of core academic courses— the foundation of your four year plan. If you missed it, you can see it HERE. The second step in creating your four year plan for high school courses is to...
