In over 10 years as a college counselor, I’ve seen countless shifts in college admissions. But there’s one trend that absolutely exploded this year: the waitlist. Colleges are no longer using the waitlist sparingly. Instead, the waitlist has become an active extension of the admissions cycle and, for the colleges, a strategic enrollment management tool. Being waitlisted is the college admissions equivalent of an emotionally unavailable situation-ship: they won't commit to you

I’ve talked with my students about AI in admissions MANY times. Right now, it is the wild, wild west – with few rules or guidelines. AI...

As another college admissions season wraps up, I want to share my insights regarding the Class of 2025. Every year, the admissions...