College Bound
Mar 11, 2020
What to do when colleges cancel your visit due to Coronavirus
Is Coronavirus sabotaging your plans for spring break college visits? Don’t despair! Here are action tips on how to navigate the college selection and be application ready with this extra free time you’ve suddenly found.
Jan 21, 2020
5 Tips for High School Course Selection
With grades and course rigor being the #1 factor in getting into college, high school course selection requires careful consideration and planning.
While students are only registering for the courses for next year, our advice is to sketch out a plan for all remaining years of high school based on current offerings at the school (which are subject to change). This will ensure if students have an eye on a future course that prerequisites are met.
Jan 14, 2020
5 Tips for Successful College Visits
College visits cost time and money, so investing time into planning your visit is key to making the most of your time on the road.
Likely, you are limited on the number of schools you can visit, so take the time to make wise choices of where you’ll go. Next, thoroughly research the school online before you go. Sites like College Navigator and CollegeBoard will give you important information such as retention and graduation rates along with average net price paid to attend and degrees offered. You also don’t want to ask a question on your visit that could have been easily answered on the school site.
Jan 7, 2020
How to Schedule “Rigorous” High School Classes Colleges Want
Colleges will look closely at the level of rigor a student has in their schedule. What does “rigor” really mean? Honestly, something different for each student. Rigorous courses are meant to challenge the student; colleges want to see that a student has appropriately challenged herself.
Dec 31, 2019
ACT & SAT College Readiness Benchmarks
ACT and SAT College Readiness Benchmarks are meant as a guideline to indicate students likely to be successful in college as a freshman. That is they have the ability and if they put the work in they are likely to succeed.
Dec 16, 2019
Application Advice from a West Point Cadet
Former LEAP test prep student and high school valedictorian, Taylor England, is our guest blogger on her journey to get an appointment to West Point. She is currently an Army Ranger stationed in Italy.
Nov 4, 2019
5 Reasons You NEED a Student Resume
The college admission process is very selective – a significant number of students apply each year to a limited number of open slots. This means that you must find a way to stand apart from the other applicants. Having a résumé demonstrates your seriousness of purpose in the college application process and your good organizational skills.
Sep 25, 2019
Math on the ACT & SAT
Love it or hate it, math makes up ¼ of the ACT test and ½ of the SAT.
Students often attribute a less-than-stellar ...
Aug 20, 2019
No Second Chances on the GPA
When I reflect back to having freshmen children myself I remember focusing on how important it is to set the tone at...
Jul 13, 2019
3 Steps to Starting Your College Applications
There is no reason seniors can’t be a good 80% or so finished with college applications before the senior year even b...
Jul 10, 2019
Did You Write Your College App Essay In English?
“My English teacher at school helped me with my essay. I want a second set of eyes on it. What’s the difference in w...
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...