Puzzling it Out: Writing for Performing and Visual Arts Applications
You show your academic side through your transcript, GPA, and test scores, but you can reflect more deeply about who you are as a person and an artist through your artistic resume and activity list and, most importantly, your writing.
Making the Most of Your College Visits
I just came back from a whirlwind, but exhilarating visit to six Boston schools. With this fresh in my mind, I have some tips on planning your college visits and maximizing your time on campus.
BA, BM, BME, BFA, BMT! Music Degrees Explained
It’s like alphabet soup—BA, BM, BME, BFA, BMT. They’re all music degrees, right? Yes, but the curriculum is very different and geared to what you want to do with your career.
Application Deadline Pressures? Nerves on Edge? Overwhelmed?
Crunch time looms large for college applications! This creates stress in most households. Here are some tips for parents to learn how to balance your participation in the process.
Parent Corner: Creating a Productive Study Space with your Teen
Here are some ways you can help your high schooler figure out the best environment for their individual learning style and how they study best.
What Colleges Want to Know: Showcasing Yourself as an Artist
Schools often require visual and performing arts applicants to submit a general resume, artistic resume, repertoire list, and in some cases an artist statement, one-minute video introduction, and a headshot. Even when these materials are an optional requirement, supply them!
Quick Take - Creative Degree Options
Choosing among several possible creative degrees—whether for the performing or visual arts—depends on what you want to study, which school might fit your goals best (and how it labels the degree program), and what you see yourself pursuing after you graduate.
Giving Your Leadership Skills a Boost: For Visual and Performing Artists
Leadership is a key element that college admissions officers look for in their applicants along with qualities such as responsibility, time management, dedication, and hard work. Leadership is one of the best and most impactful ways to show character and exceptional extracurricular involvement.
ED? EA? RD? RA? Deciphering the Acronyms & Choosing What’s Best for You
If you are a rising senior planning to attend college, you are probably working on narrowing your list of schools you will apply to right now. Once that list has been finalized, the next decision is how you plan to apply to each school.
Making Your College Essay Stand Out
The Common App essay gives you a chance to show the readers—who may not get to meet you face-to-face—what kind of person you are beyond your courses, grades, and test scores. Much of this advice applies to any piece of writing required in the application process. Use these ten tips to help you get started.
Seven Ways that Working with an Independent Educational Consultant (like us!) Helps Your Child
Students are more likely to succeed and thrive in a right-fit environment. College advisors strive to find that right environment for your child. We help your child understand themselves, what is important to them, and what they want out of the college experience.
Sharing Your Passions
Refining your extracurriculars for visual and performing arts applications.
Read (And Then Read Some More!)
Reading is not only a great escape from the real world and fun, it helps you prepare for college! College courses are demanding and require large amounts of time spent reading.
Tackling the Common App Activities List
Just as the Common App essay is a place to describe a part of yourself that isn’t reflected in the rest of the application, use the activities list to help flesh out your story.
Ninth & Tenth Graders: Mapping Out School Activities for Visual and Performing Artists
The first two years of high school is the time to explore new interests. If you already know you want to pursue a visual or performing arts major in college, these early years are also the time to lay the foundation for your specialty, create valuable connections with your advisors, and learn from your fellow students.
Alternatives to Visiting a College in Person
Here are some options for researching colleges online.