Getting Started on Your College Essay Part 1: Some Advice Before You Begin
If applicants are smart, late spring or early summer is the time to get down to drafting the college essay. The essay will go through...
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Bentham Team
May 20, 20235 min read
College Deadlines You Can’t Miss
In a nutshell: Most applications will open August 1 for students applying for fall 2023 enrollment. College deadlines most often fall...
Bentham Team
May 5, 20233 min read
What to do if you’re waitlisted
When you apply to a college, you may not be accepted or rejected. Instead, you might get waitlisted. This probably means that you met the...
Bentham Team
Apr 21, 20234 min read
Which are the Best Extracurriculars?
To begin to consider which extracurricular activities will most impress selective colleges and universities, we should enumerate the...
Bentham Team
Apr 4, 20235 min read
The College Search: How To Choose a College
When I went on a college tour with my parents, we tried to see eight colleges in seven states in six days. We were from California, and...
Bentham Admissions Team
Mar 24, 20233 min read
What does Liberal Arts mean?
The concept of the liberal arts descends from Plato, who believed that any wise, compassionate, and trustworthy citizen would have...
Bentham Team
Mar 1, 20234 min read
What is a Good College?
Many students and parents looking for a college don’t really know where to start. “What is a good college” or “good colleges” are...
Bentham Team
Feb 14, 20233 min read
What to do if you’re deferred
When you apply early decision or early action, you may not be accepted or rejected. Instead, you might get deferred, which means your...
Bentham Admissions Team
Jan 31, 20234 min read
Why Apply to Colleges Early?
Early Decision, Early Action, and why you should be the early bird The question is, why not start early? The applicant who starts late,...
Bentham Team
Jan 8, 20235 min read
Recommendations about Recommendations
Before we make recommendations about your teacher recommendations, let's review the mistakes students commonly make when it comes to...
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