Tag: college planning

• I’m a sophomore – how do I prepare for college?

  Seniors, we love you. Yes, we know you’re still applying to some regular decision college deadlines and yes, we saw you reviewing UC personal insight questions over Thanksgiving break to meet the November 30th deadline. Listen, we really do love you, but we feel it’s time the sophomores get a little spotlight. Sophomores! It’s your…

  Casey Barneson

  December 2, 2022

  Uncategorized

  admission, applying to college, College, college planning, College Prep, College Visit, SAT, Selective Admissions, sophomore college planning

• College Preparation Goals for December: Broken down by grade level

  

  I hope you had a restful holiday weekend! Or, maybe you had a weekend like one of my students who ordered pizza and chocolate cake for Thanksgiving while tying up his UC applications. Regardless if you were re-charging or just plain charging, tis the season to have more dates added to your calendar and last…

  Casey Barneson

  December 3, 2019

  Admission, Application

  admissions, College, college application, college planning, college preparation, goals

• How to minimize the extras and get the best chance of admission

  

  Usernames, passwords, application portals, emails, admission “insights” from your neighbor, a family member, friends, the “I heard if you do this…” and “colleges really want to see…” to-do lists, essays, deadlines, the decision to apply early or not, the decision to apply early decision or not, isn’t there a thing called a FAFSA? Thinking of…

  Casey Barneson

  October 16, 2018

  Uncategorized

  admission, college admission, college planning, planning, Selective Admissions, senior, Timeline