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Washington Post

Check this article out about admission rates at highly selective universities.

Check out this NY Times article.

Here’s an useful article from THE CHOICE Blog in the NY Times on April Checklist for Juniors planning on college.  

April 3, 2012, 5:48 AM

Counselor’s Calendar | April Checklist for Juniors

By ERIN K. JOHNSTON


In March, The Choice introducedCounselor’s Calendar, an occasional series intended to keep students on track throughout the college admissions process.

Our latest installment focuses on college-bound juniors, who are beginning to think seriously about how to make the most of their soon-to-come senior year. (In case you missed it, we posted an April checklist for seniors on Monday.)

We’ve asked Erin K. Johnston, the co-director of college guidance atNational Cathedral School in Washington, D.C., for some timely advice on what juniors should be doing in April to prepare for college. —Tanya Caldwell

Juniors, here is your college admissions checklist for April:

Continue your college research.

Take note of school presentations in your area — some colleges even travel together, so you could learn about a few colleges in one evening. Even better, try to attend a college fair as a way to gather information about dozens of colleges at once.

Continued here:  http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/calendar-april-junior/

Welcome!!

This is the beginning of the APIS College Counseling Blog.  My aim is to provide you with an assortment of knowledge from various sources that will help you in the college admission process.  Also, the blog will be used to inform you of current events and important information.  

You can expect links to interesting articles and websites, pictures and videos from colleges and universities, and much more.  Hopefully this will provide you with useful information.

Thanks,

Mr. Maldonado, APIS College Counselor