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
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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