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College Essays

Tips for a Compelling Essay

The best essay I ever read from one of my students (who is well into his 30’s by now) was about him riding the…

College Planning

Don’t Mind the Gap

We had already put down a deposit for my son’s college of choice when he came bounding down the stairs on a cold March…

College Planning

It’s Decision Time

Most students have chosen where they are going to college, but there are those who are biting their nails as time winds down. Each…

College Planning

Follow Your Passions

Extracurricular activities have become part and parcel of students’ lives, and they are included in college applications and the interview process. What makes something…

College News

Data Mining

We’ve entered a new digital age, where your decisions about what emails to open, links to click, websites to visit, and social media to…

Campus Visits

State University of New York at New Paltz

Every autumn, tourists descend on this small, upstate New York college town to take in the foliage, as the Hudson Valley’s wardrobe changes from…

College Planning

Talking Frankly

I have to be honest: Raw talent is not a guarantee of admission to the school of your dreams. While many schools are becoming…

College News

Hard Times for the Small College

Some small colleges face serious decisions about their viability, and it seems like the news is peppered with announcements of their demise.

Campus Visits

University of Vermont

Every time I visit the University of Vermont I find even more to like about this most intimate-feeling of flagship state schools. Burlington is…

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A look back on past insights from Plan the Path

Blog Archive

Tips for a Compelling Essay

Don’t Mind the Gap

It’s Decision Time

Follow Your Passions

Data Mining

State University of New York at New Paltz

Talking Frankly

Hard Times for the Small College

University of Vermont

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