The Edge College Counseling

Despite the growing rate of tuition, college admissions are more competitive (and confusing) than ever before. For these reasons and many others, thousands of college applicants have sought the help of professional college admissions consultants to ensure they are as competitive and attractive as they can be as applicants. In today's college admission world, there is much more to college admissions than your GPA and SAT scores.

Most colleges use a "holistic" admissions process, meaning they consider all parts of a prospective student's application, including test scores, GPA, the difficulty of the high school course load, the high school ranking, the application essay, extracurricular activities, community service, work history, and much more.

And while it's certainly possible to be admitted to your top school choice by approaching the admissions process on your own, your chances are significantly higher if you enlist the help of a professional college admissions consultant.

With a public secondary school student-to-counselor ratio 376-to-1, according to the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)'s 2017-18 Counseling Trends Survey, it's no surprise that students and parents can be confused about the college admissions process-they shouldn't have to wait two weeks to sit down with their counselor.