College Selection
Jun 26, 2019
How to Beat College Application Deadlines
Follow LEAP’s step-by-step plan for stress-free, no parent nagging, college application completion.
-How to tackle...
Feb 27, 2019
5 Reasons to NOT Pay Your College Deposit
It’s exciting! You have a place to go to college. A new home for the next four year. SOMEONE wants you – maybe even ...
Jan 1, 2019
White, Upper Middle Class and on a DIVERSITY Scholarship
How does a white, Catholic, upper-middle-class, Midwestern young lady achieve a full-tuition DIVERSITY scholarship at a highly selective university like Ohio State? Actually not one, but TWO, LEAP students have received this honor by following this advice!
Oct 19, 2018
4 College Planning Steps for Fall
Nothing is worse than stressed out teens and parents feeling like they have to nag. When families put off crucial du...
May 16, 2018
Your Guide to College
A journey with 4,000 possible destinations deserves a seasoned guide!
LEAP journeys with students through all pieces ...
Apr 23, 2018
Why Pay Sticker Price for College?
If you’ve ever bought a new car, I doubt you paid the sticker price. Would it surprise you that only 12% of those att...
Mar 20, 2018
PLAN B: Dealing with College Rejection
Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. ACCEPTANCE.
The cycle of mourning may be new to teens who’ve likely not experi...
Feb 10, 2018
College Major & Career Coaching: Fit 2 Flourish
Parents left paying off their children’s’ college debt while the student is a basement dweller in their childhood ho...
Dec 11, 2017
This Coach Pushed Early Decision – I said NO!
I’ve never been a fan of Early Decision (ED) even though in most, not all, cases it does yield higher admission resu...
Jun 2, 2015
7 Tips if You are Thinking Naval Academy
Drews Mitchell, LEAP Counselor, had the privilege of attending the Center of Influence Conference at the US Naval Ac...
May 22, 2014
Summer To-Do for Rising Juniors
Sophomore year is coming to a close. Students are thinking they are “half-way through” high school. While that may be...
May 22, 2014
Rising Senior Summer – Be Prepared for Fall Apps
For many of you, it’s hard to believe just months from now as senior year is starting you’ll need to be ready to appl...