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If your top choice college has offered you a position on the wait list, you  should accept it, as about thirty percent of students nationwide will eventually receive acceptances from those wait lists. But simply sitting and waiting gives you no advantage. Lesley Miller has experience in creating the advantage by drawing out your strengths.
You need to do those things which can increase your chances of acceptance. There are definitely a variety of communications which can help to move you off the wait list and into the college’s classrooms.
Be forewarned! There are also a variety of things that many students have done to increase their chance of acceptance which have had the opposite effect. Imagine the Dean of Admissions who receives thirty boxes, each with a shoe in it, from students who are indicating they want a “foot in the door”!
Your path must be the optimum one!
You need a powerful avenue of communication that is uniquely yours! Your approach must be multifaceted!
Lesley Miller, at College Consulting Inc. works diligently in April to find ideal methods to increase a student’s odds of gaining that acceptance. Miller will assist you in creating a unique strategy that increases the attraction of the application you submitted to further set you apart.
Miller knows this as a regular part of the annual April processes. There are some fantastic doors that can be opened in response to the wait list, but each is uniquely tied to both the individual student and the specific college. Call for help in moving forward from the wait list! CALL: 847 .505 .9100.
Revolution in AP Courses!!
There is some truly revolutionary news that high school students  everywhere in the US will want to know about. AP courses, offered by secondary schools throughout the United States, are about to change radically!
In February, the College Board announced that AP Biology has been revised with changes to take effect during the 2012-13 academic year. Rather than the former emphasis on covering all biology topics in the broadest sense, emphasis will be on developing the student’s reasoning skills and critical inquiry. Lab work will aid participants in advancing skills for gathering, analyzing and evaluating measurable data, while integrating fundamental concepts.
These significant changes to AP Biology represent the early stages of what will be more comprehensive changes that will alter the general focus of AP course work. Changes in AP German and AP French will take effect later this year. There will follow significant changes in European History, world history, art history, chemistry and physics. Rather than having strict criteria which control and over-regulate the AP classroom, there will be general standards set for each course.
The College Board expects these additional course revisions to be instituted in upcoming academic years with the exams to match these changes to be implemented in a period from 2013 to 2015. Trevor Packer, the vice president for Advance Placement within the College Board has indicated that all of this marks a new direction away from what historically has been its focus on the test more than the courses.
The greatest amount of change revolves around a curriculum whose central emphasis is the student’s ability to use the knowledge being gained in a practical sense. Such a focus necessarily requires a reduction in the extremely broad content coverage that is current in AP courses.
Critical thinking will play center stage in the new curriculum because of the increasingly essential role it plays in all aspects of life today.
Clearly this is a winning situation for education far beyond the high school AP course, as the emphasis on practical problem solving, critical thinking and student-centered learning will spread to other high school courses and to the programs within elementary schools.
Expect an increase in the levels of excitement you see on the faces of young students everywhere!
Lesley Miller, MA, AC Ed
Make the Ideal Statement!
To separate yourself from the masses in the pool of candidates whose qualifications are similar to yours as you create your law school applications, the wise candidate will devise a uniquely superb and persuasive personal statement, one that is as enthusiastic as it is engaging. Such a statement includes not only what is unique about you, but also your individual aspirations, comprehensive goals and singular life experiences. To accomplish this in a powerfully persuasive manner, it is often advisable to seek professional services and editing, such as those provided by College Consulting Inc. We can give you expert guidance in developing a brilliant statement that will present you in the most advantageous ways.
Underlying the greatest personal statements is motivation that is both  heartfelt and intellectually engaging. Your strength and maturity in the commitment to practicing the law must shine! Many of those applicants who are competing against you will invest enormous amounts of time and effort in crafting the document; many will hire professional help such as that offered by College Consulting Inc. You must invest time to create a successful personal statement, an arduous genre that requires multiple drafts.
Alongside your self-confidence and maturity you should display those attractive parts of your personalty and passion in order to demonstrate why you are the best while simultaneously being unique. The admissions committee audience wants to understand your thoughts and viewpoints through the details that you make available. Your goal is to provide them in a manner that is unforgettable.
Because law school interviews are rare, the personal statement that you submit will be the primary source of answers to questions that the readers have. You must persuade them so that they have no doubts about you as they determine that you should be accepted. Your aim is to persuade them to offer you an acceptance.
Both the introduction and conclusion need to be strong with excellent writing, polished ideas and refined structure throughout. Present yourself clearly, simply and intelligently. As you demonstrate that you are intimately familiar with the strengths of the particular law school, simultaneously reveal that those strengths are a means for you to achieve your goals. With all of these things, College Consulting Inc. (847)505-9100 is prepared to assist you in developing a uniquely powerful personal statement that is unforgettable.
Lesley Miller, MA, AC Ed
Juniors Go For the College Admissions Advantage
As a wise college bound junior, you are moving forward skillfully by filling your calendar with enjoyable and meaningful accomplishments which assist in preparing you for college admissions. With so many things to consider, the advantage is with those juniors who plan to fill their winter days with great preparations!
The junior year carries tremendous influence in the eyes of a college admissions committee, so every course that is underway needs to find you highly engaged as a participant. Teachers are keenly aware of those students who display continued interest and share insightful enthusiasm. These same teachers are likely to be the ones to who you turn next year for teacher recommendations, so keep in regular contact with them.
If Advance Placement courses are being taken, you should plan for the preparation that is necessary for the AP Exams given by the College Board in May.
Because the ACT or the SAT is frequently a college admissions requirement, the smart junior is preparing to take one of the these in the springtime and is  planning to do significant preparation, either individually with a book, or under the guidance of an expert. College Consulting Inc. can provide you with expert, individually tailored prep guidance for either or both the ACT and the SAT. Contact us for personalized preparation and analysis based specifically on your needs.
Progress and updating need to be made to your Junior-level Resume (Activities Sheet or Brag Sheet) with each passing season. In addition, your summer should be planned with volunteer experiences, paid positions and extracurricular or community activities that strengthen your skills and broaden your abilities.
At College Consulting Inc, we encourage students to search for opportunities that they would love to have but often do not believe they are eligible for. There are fantastic and powerful avenues out there that most high school students are not aware of.
Juniors seek out advice regarding college lists and the college selection process, in order to begin exploration of those colleges that will provide them with the greatest opportunities based on their goals, dreams, background and experience. Your college selection list needs development and refinement, often again and again, by tailoring it to your best advantage!
For expert help on any or all of these things, we welcome you to contact us, 847 .505 .9100.
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Lesley Miller, MA, AC Ed
Most college applicants walk into the college interview with a significantly high level of trepidation! To avoid being nervous, you should get completely prepared beforehand. Colleges that offer interviews are looking for information about personal characteristics that cannot easily be discerned in documents. You want your interview to appear to be simply a conversation and your preparedness is the key.
College Consulting Inc. has an interview preparation plan that is  tailored to each student’s specific situation, including who you are and where you are going for your interviews. When you come to us we create a written plan and follow it with implementation so that you walk away with complete readiness for each of the interview situations to which you will go.
Our College Consulting Coach has one goal: your success. To reach that goal, consideration of the colleges where interviews will take place is critical along with your overall credentials. Since the interviewer has access to all your application materials, they often lay the groundwork.
Development of a list of the most likely questions is integrated with preparation for and practice (including videotaping and analysis) with those questions. In addition, our College Consulting Coach provides specific appearance and behavioral recommendations. You are unique, as is the situation surrounding each of your interviews. Revealing your unique qualities in the most advantageous ways is our goal. Even the problems you have faced can be presented in advantageous ways. Problems after all are challenges, and every person on earth has faced their own set of challenges. Success in the college admissions interview enhances your overall success in the process. Your answers need to flow as in a conversation, while revealing those parts of you that are likely to be attractive in the eyes of each college admissions committee.
A high level of preparation includes detail from the beginning to the end. Show up to the right location fifteen minutes early in neat, conservative clothing. Hand-write a thank you note to the interviewer shortly after the interview. College Consulting Inc. is here to help you in each of the steps that can assist you to succeed in moving forward toward you top choice colleges.
Contact us at 847 -505 -9100.
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Lesley A. Miller, MA, AC Ed
There are myriad prompts inside college applications which ask you to reveal some very personal aspect of your identity or experience. Is revealing something intimate about your experience or identity really simple? One of the most basic questions on some college applications is “Tell us about yourself.” It actually is not simple, as high school students are rarely asked to write about their own identity.
So how does an applicant reveal a true self to the admissions committee in an honest and convincing way? Uncovering the genuine and appealing aspects of your character can seem to be a great challenge but there are avenues that help. It will take commitment and time and the College Consulting Coach often advises using a journal, not just of events, but of thoughts and memories, also. Here at College Consulting Inc, we also use our own set of prompts that make this process move more quickly and deeply so that the student has the advantage in these essays.
The prompts revolve around discoveries, passions, successes, failures, relationships and both small and big life events.
Taking a look at some of the questions you may see is just a start. The Common Application presents this, “Evaluate a significant experience, achievement or risk you have taken or an ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.”
Northwestern University asks, “What effect has any voluntary or independent research, reading or study, work in the arts, science project, etc. (outside of school), had on your intellectual and personal growth in recent years? Discuss what influence this involvement has had on your academic goals.”
At College Consulting Inc, we can provide you expert guidance which moves to maximize the advantages you can have by putting you on the path to discover ideal elements of who you are for responses to the real essay prompts you face in your top choice colleges. Call for a complimentary one hour session, 847-505-9100.
Application Success for the Foreign Student
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Lesley A. Miller, MA, AC Ed
For those students who live abroad yet want to attend a college in the United States there are many challenges. College Consulting Inc. provides the kind of experience that can assist the international student in navigating the stringent requirements that the college admission process provides them.
There are widely varying levels of assistance provided by the school systems in foreign countries. Too often the lack of information leaves a student without a real understanding of what must be accomplished to reach acceptance in an American college. Students abroad do not receive the continual media updates on changes in admissions requirements and in the times lines that must be met. Being unaware of standardized test schedules,  highly competitive acceptance rates and severe rates of increasing competition can be a disadvantage. The need for early planning for the college application process is greater for the international student desiring a college education in the US than for the typical US student.
College Consulting Inc. has worked industriously to help to reverse the disadvantage for the student abroad. Regardless of which continent the student comes from our college consultant works to move swiftly in removing misunderstandings and in creating a pathway to success. College Consulting Inc. provides personalized service in the development of an individualized strategy based on the personal strengths for the international student. There is much the international student has to offer by bringing foreign experience and an intriguing background. College Consulting Inc. has a mission to assist in displaying these things in the application to provide advantage while helping the student avoid costly mistakes.
Within our mission College Consulting Inc. seeks to work with the foreign student through all stages of the college application process in order to optimize opportunities for acceptance to the colleges of choice. Beyond that, College Consulting Inc. helps to create that path for academic achievement and individual success.
For quick contact we can be reached at (847)505-9100 or at collegeconsulting@comcast.net
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Lesley A. Miller, MA, AC Ed
If you are among those aspiring to top choice colleges, you face the required essays; there may be several of them for just one school. To attain your dream, you will want to present an essay that remains memorable in the eyes of the admissions officers who read it. Such a task is daunting to the many applicants vying for the coveted acceptances!
The essays you submit can be critical parts of each application, but unlike many other application parts you have complete control over these essays! We at College Consulting Inc. help you make the optimum benefits in the control you have in your essays. Contact us at collegeconsulting@comcast.net
These essays are not like the ones written for a high school English class, these are typically narratives which provide a glimpse into the intimately central parts of your life. The easiest topics to write about are those that have great meaning for you, those upon which you have reflected.
Beyond that, admissions officers want to hear what sets you apart from all the applicants, what makes you truly unique, so you want to avoid the commonplace and over-used topics that are seen far too often to be impressive or memorable. There may be the need for a great deal of brainstorming. You may even find that after you have written an essay and given it a few days to rest, that upon reading it you find it unappealing and must discard it. That is the best thing to do with a mediocre essay.
So what core elements are appealing? Often is boils down to your passion, your persistence or your curiosity. You cannot simply tell the admissions committee that you are curious or passionate or persistence; you must show them!
At College Consulting Inc. (847. 505 .9100) we can guide you in making a great showing of your curiosity or your passion or your persistence. We can help you to reveal yourself in an intriguing and inviting way. We can guide you towards providing pure pleasure and intellectuality. We can assist you in showing yourself as a creative and engaged student!
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