Do the colleges you’re looking at have the resources you need to succeed? Better find out! These questions consider factors on and around campus that can impact your experience and ability to succeed. Parts I and II are up already, the fourth and final group will be up tomorrow. As…

As I noted in part I, College Search Consultants like me, your high-school college counselor and others can help you think hard on why you’re going to college, what you want out of it, and whether your life plan might be better served by *not* going to college at all…

Where you apply — and go — to college can literally shape the rest of your life. Apply to the wrong colleges and you’ll waste lots of time, money, and emotional energy. You’ll also make “contributions” to campuses that won’t benefit you. …

By Dr. Matthew Weed Here is advice to help you avoid being one of the 30%+ of people who started college each fall and won’t be back for their sophomore year. Having advised hundreds of students on getting into — and getting through — college, I know many take more…

Eleven pieces of advice that can help you get to medical school someday — and one you should hear even though it may not. Many of the hundreds of students I’ve advised at various points before and during the medical school admissions process weren’t properly prepared for it before we…

This is what you may spend in excess to send your child out of state for a public college education. State universities more or less do the same job wherever you go. They produce a lot of teachers, nurses, engineers or whatever at a cost that is subsidized by the…

By Matthew A. Weed, Ph.D. Contact: matthewweedconsults@gmail.com or www.drmatthewweed.com We are entering exciting and scary times for people applying to colleges this year. Most are madly researching to try to decide where to apply. Some of this research requires campus visits — whether virtual or in person. Some doesn’t. …

Are you a high school senior and applying to college this year? If you’ve not started on them, it’s definitely time to get working on your responses to the been given for writing your personal statements. If you wonder, “How can I write a statement that will get me admitted…

If you’re a high school senior, you can still do a lot to get strong recommendations for college or for jobs after you graduate this spring. That said, starting on this early in your life will help a lot. Many students ask me questions like: “How can I get great…