With the 2023-2024 college admissions cycle coming to a close, many applicants are nervously awaiting their decision letters. With the effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic still reverberating ac… Read More

This year, despite increasingly bank-breaking tuition costs and dwindling acceptance rates, more students than ever before applied to elite and name-brand schools – including those fro… Read More

You’ve written your Common App essay, but it’s boring. You’ve added all the details you can think of; it still isn’t right, but you’re about to give up. Wait… Read More

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Have you ever been taking a math test, got to a long word problem, and froze up because you had no idea where to begin? Even when you know how to do the math the problem is based on, tacklin… Read More

In this series, we spotlight a student who worked with Vanguard on their college admissions process. Here is our interview with Kunju, who improved her SAT scores by more than 600… Read More

Why fully digital classes? 2020 and the Covid-19 pandemic brought about drastic changes to education during tumultuous and, quite frankly, scary times. Students and parents everywhere sud… Read More

In this series, we spotlight a student who worked with Vanguard on their college admissions process. Here is our interview with Shrayes, who improved his SAT scores by more than 200 poi… Read More

Can you believe it’s already June? AP exams have finished, finals are winding down, and summer vacation is either here or peeking over the horizon. For students, summer is a time of fu… Read More

Spring of Junior Year is the ideal time to start building a list of colleges you plan to apply to in the fall. By February, you should have a shortlist of 15-20 schools that have caught your… Read More

A lot of students don’t think much about their extracurricular resume – after all, you’re going to enter your activities on the Common App anyway, right? On the contrary, y… Read More

Your university is watching you.  Actually, every university you’re interested in is keeping track of the interactions you have with their emails and website. Called behavioral… Read More

So… last week was Ivy Day. Some of you got decisions back from some big-name schools; maybe from your dream school, maybe from a school you just applied to on a whim to see what would… Read More

In this series, we spotlight a student who worked with Vanguard on their college admissions process. Here is our interview with Medha, who applied to college for the fall of 2023 and was acc… Read More

In this series, we spotlight a student who worked with Vanguard on their college admissions process. Here is our interview with Amav, who applied to college for the fall of 2023 and was acce… Read More

Well, folks, spring has (almost) sprung, and summer will be here before we know it! And you know what’s just around the corner from summer? That’s right – college applicati… Read More

After researching college after college, you’ve put together a list of universities you’re seriously interested in. But how can you show them that you really care about matricula… Read More

The new SAT is coming in March 2024, but what does that mean exactly? How will those changes impact how you should be preparing for the test? Here are the most significant changes to the SAT… Read More

Each year, I see students make the mistake of choosing which colleges they’ll apply to by referencing a national college ranking list (like U.S. News or Forbes), copy/pasting a few wel… Read More

Don’t want your college application essay to get in the way of enjoying your summer? Considering that the Common Application Essay prompts and Apply Texas prompts rarely change and the… Read More

There’s nothing more frustrating than being applying to your dream school and getting deferred or waitlisted. Being stuck in limbo can be excruciating, however, there are steps you can… Read More

We all know that preparing for the ACT and SAT can take considerable time, but how much time should it take? How early should you start studying, and when should you take the actual test?… Read More

So you’re diligently following your ACT/SAT practice test routine, you’re making good grades in all your classes, you’ve joined a handful of school clubs, and to top it all… Read More

In our last post about extracurriculars and resume-building, Madison talked about finding a summer program that works for you. Now that you’ve figured that out, I’m here to give… Read More

When it comes to writing your supplemental essays, one of the most important—and most overlooked—steps comes before you begin typing a single word: Research, research, research… Read More

You’ve finished your narrative essay and pasted it into your Common App, but your application isn’t complete! Whether they’re under the “writing” tab or hiding… Read More

The nightmare: you’ve completed double-digit drafts of your narrative essay. You’ve revised so many times that you could recite all 650 words from memory. There’s a beginni… Read More

Everybody knows about The Common App’s infamous Personal Narrative essay. You’ve probably also heard of the unique supplemental essays required by many colleges. But do you kn… Read More

With college tuition costs over the past decade increasing by an average of 20%, the pricetag on higher education can be pretty daunting.  Despite financial aid calculators and advis… Read More

When I ask students what they’re most nervous about in the college process, they overwhelmingly say, “The narrative essay.” Even though your Common App essay is only 650 wo… Read More

College applications are your chance to show off all your years of hard work through transcripts, test scores, essays, and a resume. But there’s one important piece of the puzzle that… Read More

While studying for the SAT or ACT, some applicants think, why not take both tests? I just want to see how I do—what’s the harm?  While wanting to maximize your admissions… Read More

Just 650 words, right. How hard could it possibly be? When it comes to the personal narrative essay, we like to say that (almost) anything is write-able. That being said, between plummeti… Read More

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