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Time for some trivia! Who said, “It’s against my programming to impersonate a deity”? If you answered C3PO, the beloved droid from the Star Wars movies, you’re right! For those of us...

“Happy Birthday, Study Abroad! – Packing for One Year vs. Four” While the year 2023 will go down in history for many memorable events both notorious and noteworthy, you may not know...

American universities love essays. Our College Planning Chair and Chief Outreach Officer for Student and Family Engagement Peter Olrich shares a video with tips for identifying and organizing all the essay writing...

If you are a student from the U.S. or an international student looking for a great college experience in Europe, consider IE University in Spain or Bocconi University in Italy. Bocconi has...

We are excited to launch our new newsletter, where we update you on the dynamic admissions landscape, and invite you to explore the only directory providing thorough and unbiased boarding school data...

Yesterday, as expected, SCOTUS struck down existing race-based admissions policies, deeming “many universities have for too long wrongly concluded that the touchstone of an individual’s identity is not challenges bested, skills built,...

Read. Read. Read. It’s advice given ad infinitum to children from preschool all the way through high school. There are well documented reasons that back up this recommendation, some of which I...

Special Needs 2022 Trends and 2023 Predictions Like our traditional school and college practices, our special needs group spent a great deal of time in 2022 getting back on the road visiting...

In 2022, our team of 18 college counselors loved getting back on the road, zigzagging across the country to revisit campuses throughout the U.S., as well as many universities in Europe, Canada...

Dear Families and Friends of McMillan Education, As the admissions landscapes have continued to shift dramatically in these uncertain times, we are writing as is our custom to summarize the trends and...

Amherst College- Squash, Football, W Lacrosse. Babson College- M Tennis, W Soccer, M Soccer, Baseball Bates College- Field hockey, Skiing, W Squash, Football Birmingham Southern- M Lacrosse Boston College- W Rowing Boston...

For the record, I grew up a free-lunch kid from a public school in NJ. I had no idea about boarding schools other than to suspect that if someone was “sent” there,...

Influx of Second Season Applicants: Last year, after the January 15 application deadline, demand for effective and caring learning environments was still incredibly high. We were fortunate to find best fit schools...

Academic & Developmental Crisis Planning: 2021 Recap and Looking Ahead to 2022 With the ongoing proliferation of mental health issues among adolescents and young adults combined with the impact of remote learning...

We are delighted to welcome three highly experienced college and school planning admission experts to our already amazing team of educational counselors. Heather Deardorff, Tony Lambert, and Deren Finks bring decades of...

Congrats to our 150 seniors who are off to these 99 universities this fall – from Maine to Florida, over to Texas and California, up to the state of Washington – and...

What we saw in 2020: Despite the online pandemic pivot, and the drop in international candidates, selective colleges reported a record volume of early applications, largely since the rise in test optional...

What we saw in 2020: We saw in 2020 COVID-19’s impact on student’s emotional wellbeing and related academic success, simply put, falling into two buckets. For many, especially for those most vulnerable...

March 19th Update: 5 “New Normal” Best Practices for our Juniors in the College Planning Process due to the Coronavirus March 27 Vlog: Extracurriculars During COVID-19: From Crisis to Opportunity March 29th...

We are delighted to introduce our new custom-designed interactive online platform called the OWL’s Nest, where our signature W.I.S.E. Method™ of Educational Planning services unfolds. The OWL’s Nest accomplishes two objectives for...

Many high school students look forward to spending part of their summer vacation engaged in academic study on a college campus. These enrichment programs have allowed students to dive deeply into an...

We are delighted to (re)introduce (old) friends and colleagues who are taking on new leadership roles as we continue to grow and innovate in order to best serve our students and families!...

Evidence of biotechnology is everywhere. You can find it in the vitamins you take each morning, the flu and COVID-19 vaccines you get each year (wishful thinking), and in the production of...

Allow us also to share with you insights into the ever-shifting college admissions landscape. Internally, our families have embraced our WISE Method of Educational Planning, delivered by our innovative, custom-built, interactive Owl’s...