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17 Oct
2021

How to Write A Social Justice Essay (Even If You’re Not Political)

  • October 17, 2021
  • Distinctive College Consulting
  • 2,135 views

By Nora Lessersohn, A.M. In the past few years, social, political, environmental, financial, and medical crises have made it abundantly clear that one’s race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or disability status directly affect/s their health, finances, work, education, and ability to live life itself. In response, colleges have started to ask their applicants to..

17 Oct
2021

Pursuing Your Degree in Europe

  • October 17, 2021
  • Distinctive College Consulting
  • 624 views

By Adam Muri-Rosenthal, Ph.D. American students are certainly no strangers to study abroad. Prior to the pandemic, nearly 350,000 US students per year chose—whether for a week, a summer, a semester, or more—to engage in academic study at institutions located outside the United States (NAFSA), primarily in Europe. The far lower number of students who..

17 Oct
2021

Are Safety Schools Even “Safe” Anymore?

  • October 17, 2021
  • Distinctive College Consulting
  • 652 views

By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. Have you ever failed at something that you were pretty confident you’d achieve? Maybe it was your sports team losing to the worst team in the league, or maybe it was not being able to figure out a server’s tip, even though you were planning to leave 20% on a..

11 Jul
2021

The Prestige Trap and What the Ivies Can Teach Us About Fit

  • July 11, 2021
  • Distinctive College Consulting
  • 1,055 views

By Adam Muri-Rosenthal, Ph.D. In early April 2021, Ivy League colleges announced their Fall admissions decisions. Continuing a now long-standing trend, they shared news of record-breaking application numbers and their stalwart companion, lower acceptance rates. Much like every year, the news leaves a select few students basking in the glow of their accomplishment, many thousands..

11 Jul
2021

5 Books That Will Help You Cultivate Success

  • July 11, 2021
  • Distinctive College Consulting
  • 769 views

By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. Over a lunch of Peruvian chicken, two former clients probed me to find out what makes an accomplished student, you know, the kind that gets into the country’s most selective schools. They were curious to know what precisely the students did, what the parents did to help them, and what..

06 Apr
2021

Are Online Campus Visits Worth Your Time?

  • April 6, 2021
  • Distinctive College Consulting
  • 842 views

By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. We’re a year into the pandemic, and it’s safe to say it’s going to be a while before we can properly visit colleges again. Most campuses have completely shut down their in-person admissions programming, and some won’t even let non-community members onto the property. This is making it difficult for..

06 Apr
2021

11 Ways the Pandemic Changed College Admissions

  • April 6, 2021
  • Distinctive College Consulting
  • 699 views

By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. I think everyone will agree that the pandemic has disrupted college admissions. From the lack of in-person events to meet reps to the proliferation of random grading policies, the pandemic has disrupted not only how colleges get to know students, but what’s in students’ admissions profiles. Being one year into..

08 Jan
2021

Could You Win a Prestigious Science Competition?

  • January 8, 2021
  • Distinctive College Consulting
  • 1,087 views

By Daniel Evans, Ph.D. “Ever since I was a young child, I looked up at the night sky with wonder, and imagined how the stars and planets came to be.” Over my many years as a professional scientist, I have read this statement in more applications for science competitions and student research positions than I..

08 Jan
2021

10 Tips for “Pandemic Juniors”

  • January 8, 2021
  • Distinctive College Consulting
  • 745 views

By Nora Lessersohn Junior year is supposed to be the year you really “come into your own” as a high school student. Normally, you could excel in clubs or sports, in the classroom, and at summer programs. But this year, many of these opportunities are unavailable. So, how do you stay engaged, keep up morale,..