College Counseling at St. Margaret's

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Score choice policies vary widely. For example, the Cal State system does allow score choice. The University of California system, along with Stanford and Pomona College, do not. USC uses the highest sections, but encourages candidates to submit all scores so that the university can pick out the highest sections.

Andy Ellison is a 2008 SMES alumnus. Hi, my name is Andy Ellison and I graduated from SMES in 2008. Currently, I attend Arizona State University where I am studying Journalism. Arizona State is obviously not very high on the list of universities that an SMES alum would attend, believe me I know. But there […]

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 […]

Traveling to North Carolina today. Look for updates from Duke, UNC and Elon in the coming days.

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 […]