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    School Spotlight: Middlebury College
    Alison Merzel
    • Oct 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    School Spotlight: Middlebury College

    If these days you feel like escaping to a bucolic setting that could restore faith in humanity and give you a renewed sense of hope for...
    School Spotlight: Clark University
    Alison Merzel
    • Oct 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    School Spotlight: Clark University

    If you are looking for a small school that effectively blends the benefits of a research university with the approach of a liberal arts...
    School Spotlight: Wittenberg University
    Alison Merzel
    • Oct 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    School Spotlight: Wittenberg University

    Anyone driving east on 70 from Indianapolis, west from Columbus or north on 71 from Cincinnati would likely have come across signs for...
    Alison Merzel
    • Sep 25, 2020
    • 2 min

    Focus on the WHY and WHAT before the HOW

    For many high school students, the mechanics of the college admissions process take shape before they have even given thought to why it...
    School Spotlight: Rose Hulman Institute of Technology
    Alison Merzel
    • Sep 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    School Spotlight: Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

    Last week the Ohio Association of College Admissions Counseling (OACAC) hosted several virtual sessions as part of their Virtual College...
    Alison Merzel
    • Sep 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    5 tips about the University of California application process

    If you are interested in applying to any of the nine schools within the University of California system, you will use one application,...
    Alison Merzel
    • Sep 15, 2020
    • 1 min

    You know about AP and IB credit, but do you know about CLEP?

    While most high school families are familiar with either AP and/or IB courses as pathways to college credit with passing exam/assessment...
    School Spotlight: Quinnipiac University
    Alison Merzel
    • Sep 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    School Spotlight: Quinnipiac University

    Some students are looking for a broad, liberal arts education while others are looking for a university that offers more of a...
    FAFSA vs. CSS Profile - what is the difference?
    Alison Merzel
    • Sep 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    FAFSA vs. CSS Profile - what is the difference?

    You have likely heard of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). This is the paperwork you file starting October 1 each...
    School Spotlight: UCLA
    Alison Merzel
    • Sep 3, 2020
    • 3 min

    School Spotlight: UCLA

    Through a College Conversation organized through the IECA and open to only IECA members, I was able to hear from Gary Clark, Jr., the...
    School Spotlight: University of Denver
    Alison Merzel
    • Aug 27, 2020
    • 2 min

    School Spotlight: University of Denver

    As the city of Denver has experienced tremendous population growth over the last decade (about 20%), so too has the interest in the...
    A Gap Year with College Credit
    Alison Merzel
    • Aug 26, 2020
    • 2 min

    A Gap Year with College Credit

    You have likely heard of a Gap Year by now if you hadn't before - with so many colleges and universities offering only remote...
    School Spotlight: Swarthmore College
    Alison Merzel
    • Aug 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    School Spotlight: Swarthmore College

    Yesterday I had the chance to pop into the counselor preview virtual college fair hosted by the National Association of College...
    School Spotlight: Goucher College
    Alison Merzel
    • Aug 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    School Spotlight: Goucher College

    If you follow my school spotlights, you know that I try to alternate between large and small schools, private and public schools, and...
    School Spotlight: UCONN
    Alison Merzel
    • Aug 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    School Spotlight: UCONN

    University of Connecticut is considered a top 25 public university in the nation. With 14 schools and colleges, 117 majors, 700+ student...
    When does "Optional" mean "Preferred"?
    Alison Merzel
    • Aug 3, 2020
    • 2 min

    When does "Optional" mean "Preferred"?

    Earlier this spring, I wrote a post explaining that Test Optional is not Test Blind. As a result of continuous test center closures,...
    School Spotlight: Columbus State Community College
    Alison Merzel
    • Jul 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    School Spotlight: Columbus State Community College

    As a result of financial constraints, healthcare concerns, and social/emotional instability, many students are expected to turn to...
    School Spotlight: Lehigh University
    Alison Merzel
    • Jul 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    School Spotlight: Lehigh University

    Lehigh University is a medium-sized private school located in Bethlehem, PA, which is in the Lehigh Valley, the third most populous...
    College vs. university? Public vs. private? What is the difference anyways?
    Alison Merzel
    • Jul 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    College vs. university? Public vs. private? What is the difference anyways?

    When most high school students begin thinking about colleges, their list typically begins with schools they have heard of - those their...
    School Spotlight: University of Colorado - Boulder
    Alison Merzel
    • Jul 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    School Spotlight: University of Colorado - Boulder

    For students looking for a comprehensive R1 doctoral university, Division 1 sports, an interdisciplinary approach and a campus with...
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