College Counseling at St. Margaret's

It was announced today that 25 additional institutions will accept the Common Application next year.  Among colleges new to the Common Application are some that often make the college application lists of St. Margaret’s students, such as: University of Michigan Westmont College Columbia University St. John’s College (Annapolis and Santa Fe) University of Connecticut These […]

Students in the Class of 2010 submitted 171 “early” applications, including early action, restrictive early action, early decision and early decision round 2 applications. It’s decision time. Despite the emotional preparation, getting an early denial or deferral is tough. There’s no way around in. It’s difficult receiving word from an admissions office that you didn’t […]

The college counselors recommend that students and families plan for the cost of applying to colleges. Here is a list of some colleges and their application fees: University of California $60 (Per campus.) California State University $55 (Per campus.) University of Southern California $50-$65 (Fee reduced if Part I is submitted in advance of Part […]

Mr. Chris Tokuhama is an admissions officer at the University of Southern California. This is the second piece he’s written for this blog. Here is a link to his first contribution. There is, quite possibly, nothing like seeing someone finally get it. I sat across a desk and watched as the student in front of […]

We’ve scheduled six sessions of a college counseling workshop for seniors. Students should pick one session. Content is the same for all workshops. Workshop A: Tuesday, August 25 10:00 AM-11:30 AM Workshop B: Tuesday, August 25 2:00 PM-3:30 PM Workshop C: Wednesday, August 26 10:00 AM-11:30 AM Workshop D: Wednesday, August 26 2:00 PM-3:30 PM […]

The Choice is a New York Times sponsored blog that follows a small group of students through their college process.

Ms. McColgan and I asked select college admissions colleagues to submit guest posts to this blog because we want you to hear their voices. Our friend and colleague Chris Tokuhama sent in this entry. Chris is in his fifth year with the Office of Admission at the University of Southern California and also studies the […]

The Common Application for the 2009-2010 application year launched on July 1. California colleges joining the Common Application as new members this year include Menlo College, Mount St. Mary’s College and Pepperdine University. Currently 392 colleges and universities accept the Common Application.