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College Admissions During the COVID-19 Pandemic During these challenging times staying informed can decrease your worries and help you to plan ahead. Staying present and at the moment are important practices right now. And due to so many families having many questions related to the impacts of COVID-19 on the college admissions process, we are doing what we can at  The Best U   to provide updates and important information. Click here   to learn more.

Over 80 colleges and universities have announced some sort of test-optional policy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some schools have decided to permanently move to test-optional while others are temporarily going test-optional for the 2020-2021 application season. Also, many schools will still require testing as long as testing will be offered. In order to learn which schools are going test-optional, check out the list at  Fairtest.org . Test-optional can be a great option for many students and we wish that all schools would stop requiring testing. However, before you decide to go test-optional, please make sure you understand the full testing policy of each school on your college list. They may have specific criteria that they require for test-optional students. Some schools will require additional essays or other requirements when you go test-optional. Also, some college and private scholarships will still require test scores. Make sure that you are researching ...

During these challenging times staying informed can decrease your worries and help you to plan ahead. Staying present and at the moment are important practices right now. And due to so many families having many questions related to the impacts of COVID-19 on the college admissions process, we are doing what we can at The Best U to provide updates and important information. COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SUPPORT Many high school students are wisely seeking advice on how their college admissions process and choices will be affected by the ongoing pandemic. To serve this need, The Best U has been posting free, brief videos and blogs for high school students and their families with up-to-date information. The Best U  Facebook Page The Best U Website  Videos   &  Blogs One-on-one  meetings/support Are you not sure how to get your questions answered? Are you not sure what to even be thinking about when it comes to your college admissions process? We are h...

Check out this interview with Stacy Hernandez of The Best U and College Essay Specialist, Chris Hunt of College Essay Mentor, to learn important pieces of the Common Application essay that you will want to know in order to start writing. College Admissions During the COVID-19 Pandemic During these challenging times staying informed can decrease your worries and help you to plan ahead. Staying present and at the moment are important practices right now. And due to so many families having many questions related to the impacts of COVID-19 on the college admissions process, we are doing what we can at  The Best U   to provide updates and important information.

Free Facebook Live Event: Testing & The 2020-2021 Application Process Date : Friday, April 17, 2020 Time : 1:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. MT/ 10:00 a.m. PT Location :  Noodle Pros Facebook Page With many schools announcing that they will be going test-optional during the 2020-2021 college application season and the ACT and SAT canceling testing dates, students are even more confused about testing. Join Brendan Mernin of Noodle Pros and a 20+ year test prep expert and Stacy Hernandez of The Best U College Admissions Consulting and a 20+ year college admissions expert to learn more about ACT and SAT testing and what choices are important for you to make. The questions that will be answered include… What the testing changes are for the 2020-2021 application process? Will I be able to take the SAT or ACT? Are SAT Subject Tests required or needed for next year? When will I need to test and not test? What does the new testing timeline look like? How will the changes in test...

Virtual College Exploration Week  – April 20 – 23, 2020 An online college fair/college panels There are colleges and universities from all over the world participating in this  event . Informative Free Videos For Families About Various College Admissions Topics We are posting free informational videos at least a few times a week on various, important college admissions topics that apply to high school students and their families. Our goal is to keep you informed of rapidly changing information, so you have all that you need for your college admissions process here at  The Best U Facebook Page . Great College Admissions Podcasts National Association for College Admission Counseling, NACAC College Essay Guy Live Interview w/ Stacy: What You Need To Know About The College Admissions Process for 2020-2021 HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS I’m going to be a featured guest inside the  Parents Raising Successful Teens Facebook Group  and I hop...

HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS I’m going to be a featured guest inside the  Parents Raising Successful Teens Facebook Group   and I hope you’ll tune in. TIME & DATE:  April 16th @ 6:00 p.m. EST/4:00 p.m. MST LOCATION:  Parents Raising Successful Teens Facebook Group TOPICS:  When you tune in to my interview you will be able to learn the following about the 2020-2021 application process: How colleges will view grades and testing What application requirements will colleges place more emphasize on How will colleges view demonstrated interest, activities, and summer plans What you can students do now and through the summer to be more prepared for the application process My host is Natalie Borrell who is an academic life coach for teens. Her superpower is connecting with teens and helping them become the best version of themselves. You can learn more about how she helps teens  here . PS: Natalie’s online community is an extraordinary free servic...

Annaliese Schroeder   received her B.A. in Economics at Colorado College and is currently pursuing her M.S.Ed in Education Entrepreneurship at the University of Pennsylvania. Annaliese was enthralled by the college search process from the moment she toured institutions as a high school senior. She found that a campus visit was the best way to truly get a pulse of the campus culture and student life. And each institution was unique. Fast forward to the present day and she has a breadth of experiences within the Admissions realm, from working as an Assistant Director of Admissions at a private boarding high school to her current role as an Admissions Counselor at Colorado School of Mines. She is energized by conversations with students that center around their ‘ideal college’ and is eager to suggest schools that could be a great fit. Beyond her 8-5 and graduate school, she volunteers with Denver Kids Inc. and serves as a mentor for youth within the community. She is dedicat...

You can’t listen to the news without hearing daily information about the spread of COVID-19. Colleges and universities around the USA and the world are having to make extreme decisions in order to keep their students safe. The impact has reached both high school and college students around the world. Some of the impacts so far include… Colleges are being asked to be flexible with missing application materials and make application decisions without having updated information since some high schools are closed and cannot provide updated grades, transcripts, etc. Service trips abroad and other school trips that high school students were planning on attending are being canceled, so they are having to plan new activity options. Families are canceling college visits due to their concerns about traveling. Many colleges are canceling or recalling students back from study abroad experiences this semester. Some high schools are postponing or canceling college fairs and college ...

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In this vlog,  Jenna Greenwood ,  College Affordability Counselor, at The Best U, discuss the following: When accepted students can expect financial aid and scholarship and how these timelines may have changed What happens if you have a change or loss of income and you have already applied for financial aid or did not apply but now want to What you can be doing in your downtime right now to make college more affordable Connect With Us Families from the USA and All Over The World – Schedule your free introductory parent phone call or online video meeting now! Schedule Here!