The holiday season is a time to rest and recharge, but for high school seniors, it’s also an important opportunity to stay on top of the college application process. From handling well-meaning but stressful family conversations about your future to keeping track of application deadlines and updates, this guide offers practical advice to help you balance it all. Celebrate your hard work, stay focused on your goals, and enjoy the season while preparing for the next steps in your journey.

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A balanced college list means that you have SAFETY schools, TARGET schools, and REACH schools on your list in the appropriate proportions. You can read more about that in this month’s blog.

If you are a student, you are counting down the days until the end of the school year so you can take a break from academics, catch up on your sleep and hang out with your friends. If you are the parents of a student, you are concerned that your student will sleep until noon, then spend the rest of their day on some device, either playing video games or watching Netflix wasting valuable time that could be spent doing something that can go on a college application.

If you are a student, you are counting down the days until the end of the school year so you can take a break from academics, catch up on your sleep and hang out with your friends. If you are the parents of a student, you are concerned that your student will sleep until noon, then spend the rest of their day on some device, either playing video games or watching Netflix wasting valuable time that could be spent doing something that can go on a college application.

A balanced college list means that you have SAFETY schools, TARGET schools, and REACH schools on your list in the appropriate proportions. You can read more about that in this month’s blog.

One of the most important, if not THE MOST IMPORTANT, aspects of the college application process is finding a school that is a good fit for the student. We are going to focus only on the academic fit, and that begins with understanding the Academic Profile - of the student and the institution.

College websites are not the easiest things to navigate, but sometimes, you need to dig through them to find the information you need. Blogs are not only a great source of information; they can also be a lighthearted dose of reality. You can find tips and tricks or checklists to help you with just about anything you think about as it relates to college. Most high school students don’t use Twitter, but you should. Not only is it the quickest way to get a response from a college during college application time, but colleges also use it to push out up to date information including when decisions will be released.