Day 4 at The Choice

Paying for college is a concern for most families. Yet the biggest mistake families make in the admission process is failing to apply for financial aid.In 2006, 1.8 million students who would have qualified for Federal financial aid failed to apply, according to the American Council on Education. It can feel like a daunting process. But if even one college on a student's list seems unaffordable, it's worth. We're answering questions about financial aid today at The Choice, where we have been blogging this week. Please join us there.

Day 3 of The Choice

Today on The Choice, we're talking about how students spend their time outside of the classroom and some of the hot button issues that subject brings along, such as resume padding and the packaging of applicants.

Part II of our answers at The Choice

Our second day of answers is up at The Choice blog at the New York Times. Today, we address a series of what we call nuts-and-bolts questions, covering testing, course selection, and researching colleges. We're still answering questions, so please visit us here and ask away! We'd love to hear from you!

Answers to your Admission Questions

Part I of our answers to your questions is up at The Choice on the New York Times blog. We'll be there every day this week with our responses on extracurriculars, financial aid, and how to handle the anxiety that can sometime arise in the application process. Tomorrow, we address a series of nuts-and-bolts questions about course selection, test scores, transcripts, and researching colleges.

The Choice at the New York Times

We'll be answering your questions every day next week at The Choice, the New York Times' college admission blog helmed by Jacques Steinberg, education writer and author of The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College. Click here for the link to post questions. We'd love to hear from you.

NBC Philadelphia: The 10 Show

Get into college! It's back to school for kids all over the country and it's not too early to be thinking about college admissions. Author Robin Mamlet shares expert advice to get parents and kids on the right track.

San Francisco Magazine

The question isn’t quite as old as the Sphinx’s riddle, but many high school seniors consider it just as baffling: How do I get into college? Or, for anxious parents: How do I get my child into the right college? If the media storm about admissions that blows through our nation every fall is any indicator of public opinion, the “right” colleges are the 15 most hyperselective ones. For some families, failing to crack this puzzle is tantamount to forfeiting the kids’ future

Metro Newspapers

Here to help are Robin Mamlet and Christine VanDeVelde, the authors of the newly released book "COLLEGE ADMISSION: From Application to Acceptance, Step by Step." Mamlet spent 23-years in college admission as Dean of Admission at Stanford, Swarthmore, and Sarah Lawrence and Christine VanDeVelde is a parent who offers success tips on navigating the process of getting into college.

Chronicle of Higher Education

By Robin Mamlet and Christine VanDeVelde (Three Rivers Press; 405 pages; $19.99). Draws on the expertise of more than 50 deans of admission.