Recommendation Letters
Recommendations are a very important, and yet the most underestimated, part of the college applications. By now you may have heard the spiel that admission officers expect very highly of…
Writing Your Common Application Essay
For this week’s CTP tip, we wanted to talk about one of the most crucial elements of the college application process, The Common Application Essay. The Common App essay is…
Ways to be Organized during Quarantine
For this week’s CTP tip, we will be providing you with ways to stay organized over the weeks to come. Balancing standardized testing, essay writing, financial aid applications along with…
General Advice on the SATs this Week
As the October SATs are coming up this week, the CTP team would like to extend well wishes for the test and give you a few tips on finalizing your…
2019/2020 Application Season Opens
Hope your week is off to a great start!! The 2019/20 Application cycle has been open for a while now and we will be posting weekly tips about the college…
Got Your Acceptance Letters? Here’s What’s Next
So, you’ve gotten your acceptance letters, and maybe by this point, you’ve already decided which school you’re going to commit to. (If you haven’t that’s perfectly fine too; take a…
Deciding Between Colleges: Which One Should I Go To?
Trying to decide between two (or more) colleges is a good problem to have. It means you have options, and you probably have a couple of good ones. If you’re…
How to Deal With Rejections
Hey guys, this week’s tip is on dealing with rejection and failure. It’s a bit long so please bear with us. We’ve all failed at something at least once in…
Talking to Admission Officers
Hey everyone! Get ready for another weekly CTP tip! Following up last week’s post on the college search, this week we’ll be talking about how to correspond with admissions officers.The…
College Search
Since Regular Application season is approaching us, we wanted to highlight some of the criteria to use in choosing your colleges. Some of you have a college that you have…