4 Simple Brain Hacks to (Actually) Reach Your Goals
There’s psychology to help with that! Let’s talk about a few brain hacks to reach your goals.
How to Get a College Acceptance Fast
Plenty of students may be relieved to know: if you’re looking to end the wait and get a college acceptance fast, consider this alternative!
Your Survival Guide to Self-Started Activities
If you do decide to strike out on your own with self-started activities, we have some advice to help you on your way.Â
What Should I Write for Optional Essays?
Picture this: college app deadlines are looming and you’re hard at work on your applications. You’ve compiled and narrowed down a college list, made a strategy for presenting your extracurriculars, and started brainstorming and drafting your essays. Good for you! On top of all this work, you notice that a few of your applications allow for that perplexing, dark horse component: the optional essay.Â
The Four Types of Activities for College Admissions
We’ve developed a mental model we call the Activity Matrix to think about the four main types of activities to boost your college profile.
How to Pick a College: Part 1 Campus Vibe
You’ve likely managed a mental list of the pros and cons and been swayed a bit by relatives and teachers extending their congratulations (and their not-so-secret support for X University). What you think is important now may not hold true down in a couple months, so the best strategy should be introspective and compare distinct opportunities. With your college list in mind how do you start on the college decision?
How Challenging Should My High School Courses Be?
Classes are important for their intellectual stimulation, academic preparation, well as their effect on admissions. Students tend to think that more is better because of the associated prestige and rigor but should you be taking as many classes as possible to boost admissions chances?
PSA: For Those of You Taking a Gap Year
Gap Year The COVID19 pandemic and associated quarantine measures in the United States have thoroughly upended the college application system for those applying. Students who never considered a gap year before are suddenly rethinking their choices. While the outcomes are still relatively uncertain, we at Empowerly want to make sure that our students are making […]
Sports in College: Student Athlete Recruitment
Curious about student athlete recruitment? The Empowerly team has done some research to help students navigate this path successfully.
