A Welcome Calm in the University Admissions Process: Regular Decision
For those of you not involved or touched by the university admissions process—in particular that of the US—it may surprise you to read that I really like—and appreciate--the Regular Admissions round. There’s so much anxiety, fury and madness over the “early” round—ED, EA, REA, ED2, …--and by now you know how I feel about it: it’s unhealthy, can be manipulative and brings a lot of fear to my students' and families' lives from September through to November. There is little ti
Translating the university "jargon" to understand the process better
I work with students coming from all different academic curricula and qualifications at the secondary school level--British A-levels, French Baccalaureate, Swiss Maturité, Spanish ESO, American AP (although not a “curricula”), New Zealand NCEA, German Abitur, …--who will go on to university most often in a country that is not their home or native one and, most often, in a country where their parents did not attend university. With strong foundations at the secondary level, m