Command Education Blog
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Our thoughts on the recent college admissions news story
March 14, 2019 At Command Education, we believe in coaching and mentoring students to achieve incredible results by helping our students focus their energies on what’s really important to them. Our mentors are recent graduates of Ivy League and top ten schools who...
How to wait – a guide for students and parents
The shortest month of the year is quickly drawing to a close, which means March—and the hotly anticipated college admissions results that come along with it—are just around the corner. For students and their families, this time is at once exciting and...
Work experience in college admissions
As soon as school is back in session after the holidays, many students begin to consider their options for summer. Elite college hopefuls should take care to craft a summer break agenda that will build upon the “hook” they have established during the school year. A...
Demonstrated interest in the age of the internet
A recent articlein the Wall Street Journalreiterated what many of us already know to be true—colleges and universities commonly track what prospective students are up to online. But the article shed light on a specific practice that fewer of us were previously...
Why it’s never too early to become a good writer
It can be tempting to think that you should only worry about getting better at the essay format once the mountain of supplementary essays loom during college application season. But if that’s the first time you start to realize how tenuous your grasp of basic...
How to become a person colleges want
As admit rates for elite colleges and universities across the country continue to plummet year after year, you might find yourself wondering (particularly if you’re a college-bound high school student yourself), what exactly it is that these schools are looking...
Are SAT IIs important to colleges?
For decades, the SAT General Test (now just referred to simply as the SAT) has ignited fear and anxiety in the hearts of college-bound high school students across the globe. There are countless news articles and op-eds about everything from the well-documented...
How do I write a letter of continued interest?
Letter of Continued Interest: A Complete Guide So you’ve been deferred or waitlisted from a school you had your heart set on. Take heart! There’s still something you can do: write a Letter of Continued Interest. Of all the application skills that are taught by...
What happens after I hit send on my application?
The moment is finally here. Your cursor hovers above that Submit button. You’ve double and triple checked, you’ve made sure everything’s ready, you’ve taken out that part in your resume where you wrote, “BLAH BLAH BLAH ADD DESCRIPTION LATER.” So you hit Submit, and...
