New Year’s Resolutions for High School Students
While students might feel like they are returning to the same old grind after a fun and relaxing break, January...
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A blog where Ivy Experience disentangles college admissions.How to Research Colleges Beyond Virtual Tours
Look Within Our advice is to look within when beginning your college search. Remember that you are not just looking...
Summer Activities in the Age of COVID
Summer programs, trips, camps, jobs, internships, research, and more are likely to be canceled or moved online. Some are still...
Letters of Recommendation in the Age of COVID-19
Students face a new challenge in distance and hybrid learning: building close relationships with their teachers. Now more than ever,...
The College List: Why Your Student Should Prioritize Choosing Safety Schools
While most families focus on reaches and targets and top choices, the college list conversation surrounding safety schools is extremely...
How To Create A Stellar College List
Building a college list can be daunting – and oftentimes the most intimidating part is just figuring out where to...
Test Optional for COVID? What Juniors Need to Know
The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread SAT/ACT cancelations last spring, as well as individual test-center cancelations this fall, leading almost all...
Making the Most of Virtual School
With most students in a virtual or hybrid school model for at least the start of this school year, we...
How Does Online Tutoring Work?
Though we have worked in person with families in the Philadelphia and San Diego areas, many of our families only...