This blog post covers common questions that help you prepare to meet with your guidance counselor to select next year’s courses. But how do you know what to choose?? Is there a magical number of AP classes? Is it better to take harder classes and get lower grades or easier classes and get higher grades? How many classes do you really have to take senior year? And is Calculus really necessary?

Which High School Activities Really Matter for College Admissions? This blog covers a few common pitfalls I’d like to warn you against as you go through high school.

What “counts” for high school activities? What should I do now to prepare for college applications? Getting on the right path AND keeping track of what you do now will be a great help when you are applying to college in three years.

This blog post explains the difference between test optional and test blind. Standardized tests like the SAT and ACT remain important for many students, but the goal post has shifted a great deal in the last 18 months.

Knowing what your goals are and understanding what “counts” and what doesn’t are critical for helping your student prepare for college, and the clock starts on the first day of freshman year.