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08 Jan
2021

10 Tips for “Pandemic Juniors”

  • January 8, 2021
  • Distinctive College Consulting
  • 751 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,..

13 Sep
2020

Don’t Be Scared To Be Creative

  • September 13, 2020
  • Distinctive College Consulting
  • 1,066 views

By – Nora Lessersohn This admissions cycle, as COVID-19 has forced over 55% of colleges to go “test optional,” “test flexible,” or “test blind,” you will need other parts of your application to help you stand out from the crowd. With any luck, testing will soon be a thing of the past, and finding ways..

13 Jun
2020

What Are Your Chances? Admissions in the Age of Covid-19

  • June 13, 2020
  • Distinctive College Consulting
  • 1,099 views

By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. As a college consultant, the big question I keep getting from parents and students alike is: what are the chances of getting in next year? Can you blame people for asking? With changes about college admissions practices in the news cycle nearly every day, families are correct to wonder what it all..

15 Apr
2020

Volunteer… From Home!

  • April 15, 2020
  • Distinctive College Consulting
  • 11,745 views

By Nora Lessersohn and Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. As spring and summer programs are cancelled, and the world’s communities continue to suffer from the COVID-19 crisis, you may be looking for ways to spend your time and help others. Of course, most of us can’t be out contributing on the front lines. Fortunately, many organizations..

26 Mar
2020

Summer in the Year of Coronavirus

  • March 26, 2020
  • Distinctive College Consulting
  • 1,917 views

By Nora Lessersohn  Along with classes, sports seasons, academic competitions, and recitals, we know that summer programs are already starting to be cancelled. If this applies to you, you are probably thinking 1) Uh Oh! 2) What should I do this summer instead? While our current global crisis is extremely challenging for many, it can..

26 Mar
2020

Turning Your World Right Side Up

  • March 26, 2020
  • Distinctive College Consulting
  • 1,036 views

By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. While schools have closed and parents scramble to find ways to juggle all of their new responsibilities as most support networks disappear, I’ve watched several students enter a free fall in which they can’t tell left from right, nor up from down. It is a natural reaction, a form of..

14 Mar
2020

Your Moment on the Couch

  • March 14, 2020
  • Distinctive College Consulting
  • 2,102 views

By – Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. Fall down seven times. Get up eight. – Japanese proverb. When I was 20, I thought I was invincible – until I broke my back. After poorly landing a back handspring and cracking my L1 vertebra, my life changed forever. But for the good! I spent a month home..