Last week, I was delighted to learn that one of our students had earned the highest score on the 2018 Classic Learning Test (CLT). I knew this was a major accomplishment, however, I wanted to learn more about the test itself. I reached out to the CLT who happily agreed to answer a series ofContinue Reading
Category: College Preparation
Tell us about yourself: where do you live, what do you do, etc., etc. I’m an Oklahoma native, raised in Cushing , a small town with about 8,000 people, and now living in Tulsa , the state’s second largest city. I considered a variety of opportunities around the country for college and beyond, but found IContinue Reading
By Eoin Suibhne I have to smile ironically as I type this post, since in my days as a student, I absolutely loathed standardized tests . Even after serving as a college admissions director for several years, I’m hardly in love with them. But that’s me the unwilling test-taker writing, not me the father of manyContinue Reading
This past week, I posed a series of questions to the President of Northeast Catholic College, Dr. George Harne. I was eager to learn more about the school, having written many recommendations for Kolbe Academy students who are applying there–some of the best and the brightest among them–and wanted to find out more about theContinue Reading
Photo by chuttersnap on unsplash.com By Katherine O’Brien, MA CCPS Katherine O’Brien, MA CCPS is a Catholic homeschooling mother of six who has homeschooled since 1998. She is the founder of Celtic College Consultants and has served college bound teens all across the US since 2004. Students in her recent classes were offered over $225,000Continue Reading
The College Application in Parts – The Essay, Awards & Activities, and Some General Principles The Essay & Authentic Authorship In this post on the college application process, I would like to offer a few thoughts about the student essay. The essay contributes something very important to an application, because it is the only timeContinue Reading
The College Application in Parts – The Parent Letter of Reference and The Transcript As I pointed out in the first post of this series about applying to college, [H]omeschooled college applicants have the added obstacle of overcoming the appearance of a lack of objectivity. Typically they are evaluated by one or two people: MomContinue Reading
Part 2: The College Application in Parts (1/3) – Standardized Tests and The Outside Letter of Reference Standardized Tests When evaluating a college application, an experienced admissions committee knows that the ACT, SAT, or CLT scores are not the last word on a student’s academic ability. Low scores can be misleading. The applicant may haveContinue Reading
Part 1: The College Application as a Whole – Seeing the Big Picture Introduction Applying to college can be daunting, to say the least. I am the homeschooling father of nine children, but that’s not the main reason you should consider my advice. Why you may find what I say to be persuasive is thatContinue Reading