The 400 word short description and the 3500 long one
This is the only complete guide to college admissions specifically for students in high achieving
high schools or in neighborhood high school honors classes. Write a college essay that leaves
them in tears, and compels them to accept you, create an activities section that supports your
narrative, not a boring listicle, get recommendation letters that say the right things, crucial
interviewing strategies, which Ivy League school to apply to, snag extracurriculars that matter,
the "big school vs small school" lie, optimize your college visit, transfer techniques, tackle
college freshman issues, graduate school applications and so much more.
From a former Stuyvesant High School mom who was appalled by that legendary smart school's
terrible college advising, and had to learn every aspect of college applications in order to help
her own son get into Cornell. Other Stuy parents then asked her to be their college consultant
and that blossomed into a college application advisory for kids from Stuy, Bronx Science,
Brooklyn Tech, Hunter High School, Staten Island Tech in NY, Pine View School for the Gifted in
Florida, Lowell in San Francisco, NCSSM in Durham, Thomas Jefferson High School for
Science and Technology in Virginia, graduate school applications from students at the National
University of Science and Technology in Pakistan, and students in Korea and China, as well as
private schools, Catholic schools and upscale suburban public high schools with student
populations that include academically "gifted" scholars.