I am a big believer that in life there isn’t a cookie cutter approach or a certain template to follow that will yield your desired outcomes, success, or achieve your dreams/goals. Rather there is a journey that is ripe with …
By Sarah Daren. Finding success in high school is critical to finding success in college. In fact, it is critical to even getting in to college. If you, or your child is having trouble with high school work, there …
When building a house, you always start with a solid foundation. It makes sense to do the same when building a financial plan. We can’t always predict or prevent difficulties in our lives, but we can still plan for some …
Sonya Davidson Urban Mom We sometimes joke around about our kids one day going to Harvard, that’s the dream isn’t it? But then we really started to think if something like that is really a possibility for Canadians? How do …
US College Expo features admission experts and life advice from Gold Medalist Tessa Bonhomme Toronto, ON (March 2015) – As more Canadians pursue a college dream south of the border, the US College Expo will kick-off a multi-city tour this …
Frank Bruni The New York Times HERE we go again. At Harvard, Emory, Bucknell and other schools around the country, there have been record numbers of applicants yearning for an elite degree. They’ll get word in the next few weeks. …
Here are some questions to ponder: Is your child disenchanted with the education system? Should information flow in just one direction? Should students be the ones asking the questions? In an education system that favours completed worksheets and test scores, …
As important as SAT scores are in securing admission to US Colleges and Universities, there is more to admission than scoring high on a an aptitude test. Admissions officers want students, not scores…and they want to know that those students …
This September at PrepConnect 2014 – Toronto’s premier private school admissions networking event – our all-star panel of private school admissions officers, selected from the most prominent private schools in North America, had plenty to say: how to get in …
There are upwards of 4,000 colleges and universities in the US, but for you, nothing but the best will do, and that means an Ivy League college. Now you’ve narrowed it down to just eight – not bad! Here, in …
