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Ralph's difficult day
Sometimes it takes unorthodox methods (like the BSAT) to win at the college admissions game. As you will recall, I am a Guidance Counselor, in fact, I am THE...
What Happens to a Student Deferred?
Langston Hughes once wrote a poem entitled "What Happened to a Dream Deferred", but these days the word "deferred" is often reserved for a student's college...
Curing Senioritis One AP Test at a Time
Every now and then we at the BSAT come across an article on the topic of college admissions that acutally makes sense. It doens't happen often, but it did today...
People Are Still Debating the Scamminess of College Admissions
About 3 weeks ago, we ran an article by Neal Gabler in the Boston Globe who asserted that college admissions was a scam. A week later we had another post, this time...
5 People You’ll Meet Watching the Super Bowl in a Dorm Lounge
So you’re probably wondering what it’s like to watch the big game in college. Wall-sized TVs? Above ground swimming pools filled with nacho cheez dip?...
SAT Leak Gets Too Crazy
Apparently the "SAT Takes a Leak" story we talked about last week has turned out not to be so innocuous. According to the Joongang Daily, top level SAT tutor Jeffrey...
College Admissions and Helicopter Parents
Caught an interesting article in the Charlotte Observer about some of the top mistakes made by the "helicopter parents" of students applying to colleges. While the...
The Guy Who Thinks You're Not Partying Hard Enough
Earlier we started introducing you to kids you’ll meet on your freshman hall. Here’s another: The Guy Who Thinks You’re Not Partying Hard enough....
Why am I a cactus???
Why is my picture a cactus? The answer, children, is quite simple: I am, metaphorically speaking, covered with sharp disagreeable needles. Take the admissions...
Naps, Nerf and Nickelodeon
One of the cooler things about college is that stuff that you thought was long forgotten in your childhood comes back…with a vengeance. Naps? No longer...