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Showcasing Extracurriculars During the Pandemic

akki@spikesalesnow.com2021-04-21T21:50:19+00:00April 13th, 2021|Tags: College Applications, college counseling, college decisions, college planning, extracurricular advice, high school extracurricular|

In the spring of 2019, we took a moment to discuss on our blog how ...

College Acceptance Letters vs. Award Letters

akki@spikesalesnow.com2021-04-21T21:40:13+00:00April 7th, 2021|Tags: Acceptance Letter, award letter, campus visits, college, college acceptance, college admissions, financial aid, tour|

Revisited by Tim Parros The envelope comes- well, actually, the information from the college is ...

Michigan Tech Campus Tour Experience

akki@spikesalesnow.com2020-09-23T21:31:32+00:00September 23rd, 2020|Tags: campus visits, college, tour|

By Lisa Schmidt Michigan Technological University is one of the only colleges in the state ...

Student Update- Tad Beekman

akki@spikesalesnow.com2019-12-03T00:07:11+00:00December 3rd, 2019|Tags: applyingtocollege, college, financialaid, Iowa State, payingforcollege, SensoryScience, University of Arkansas|

The year was 2014, and Tad Beekman was applying to colleges as a senior at ...

Sticker Price or Less for Your Dream College?

akki@spikesalesnow.com2019-10-01T23:31:39+00:00October 1st, 2019|Tags: applyingtocollege, college, financialaid, payingforcollege, tuitiondiscouting, whydofafsa|

By Kim Parros At Parros College Planning we are currently in the process of applying ...

The Importance of College Visits

akki@spikesalesnow.com2019-08-06T03:25:59+00:00August 6th, 2019|Tags: campustour, college, collegetour, financialaid, payingforcollege, visitcollege|

If your a rising senior, and are planning on attending college in the fall of ...

What Should You Do With Your Test Scores Anyway?

akki@spikesalesnow.com2019-07-03T15:26:37+00:00July 3rd, 2019|Tags: ACT scores, AP scores, college, college planning, SAT scores, standardized test scores, test prep|

By Liz Boyd High school test scores: Why do they still matter? What do you ...

Hate Student Loans?

akki@spikesalesnow.com2019-06-07T16:03:09+00:00June 7th, 2019|Tags: college, college planning, Financial advisor, financial aid, student loans|

By Kim Parros and Liz Boyd Love them or hate them, student loans are sometimes ...

Oops- Applying To College Has Changed

akki@spikesalesnow.com2019-05-28T18:33:30+00:00May 28th, 2019|Tags: act sat prep, college, College Applications, college counselors, college planning, college prep, Parros College Planning|

Depending on when you applied to college, the college application process may have changed. I ...

When is an extracurricular good enough?

akki@spikesalesnow.com2019-05-02T21:01:31+00:00May 2nd, 2019|Tags: College Applications, college counseling, college decisions, college planning, extracurricular advice, high school extracurricular|

By Tim Parros Every student is different. They have different passions and are driven for ...

The Road Traveled

akki@spikesalesnow.com2019-04-22T15:04:01+00:00April 22nd, 2019|Tags: college, College Applications, college decisions, college planner, high school seniors|

By Liz Boyd From someone that took a roundabout way to their career, to the ...

To ACT or to SAT, that is the question.

akki@spikesalesnow.com2019-03-26T15:46:54+00:00March 26th, 2019|Tags: act, college planning, College Test Prep, sat, standardized test|

By Liz Boyd and Kim Parros If you're in high school, you may be wondering ...

How to Read an Award Letter

akki@spikesalesnow.com2019-03-07T15:45:51+00:00March 7th, 2019|Tags: college, College Applications, College Award Letters, college planning|

By Kim Parros, Lisa Schmidt, and Liz Boyd Good news: Award Letters are right around ...

Should I apply to an Ivy League school?

akki@spikesalesnow.com2019-02-18T19:25:01+00:00February 18th, 2019|Tags: Application, college, Ivy League|

By Tim Parros What schools are considered Ivy League? Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, the ...

Deferment 101: Part 3 – Moving Forward

akki@spikesalesnow.com2019-01-24T17:52:47+00:00January 24th, 2019|Tags: acceptance, college, deferment, Deferral|

By Aimee Nemeth Sometimes, no matter our best intentions, things simply do not go as ...