With the breaking scandal of parents paying large sums of money to secure illegal entrance for their children to top colleges, this last month has put a black eye on the whole college admissions process in the US. We can, and should, be outraged. However, I think it is a logical outcome for a country [read more] …
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Finding a Test Site
Homeschoolers can face unique challenges when it comes to finding a place to sit for standardized tests such as the ACT, PSAT, or SAT. Even more difficult can be finding a site for specialized tests such as SAT Subject tests or AP exams. Some school districts are hostile to homeschoolers and will not allow them [read more] …
Is This Score Enough?
College applications are underway and many students across the country are trying for that last ACT or SAT score increase, hoping it will gain them a berth to a highly selective college. The pressure builds as families stake their hopes on trying to get past the malicious admissions officers who would keep their child out [read more] …
Do Something Your Friends Don’t
The first question most students ask me is how to make themselves stand out from the thousands of other kids who are applying to college. The answer is fairly simple. Do something your friends don’t. It is that easy and that difficult. Instead of participating in something your friend would, do something an adult would [read more] …
Translation Issues
My constant challenge as an art student is to represent a three-dimensional object, person, or scene on a one-dimensional piece of paper. To be successful, I must draw it so that the viewer sees all dimensions even though it is a flat plane. I am, in effect, translating what I see so that others see [read more] …