Doherty Educational Consultants

For those of you who know me you won’t be surprised that I teared up today at early voting. Pretty cool seeing our daughter-in -law on the ballot! Lexy Doherty for Congress!!!

Exciting news: Doherty Educational Consultants is now offering a virtual Application Bootcamp for rising seniors. The Bootcamp offers a combination of webinars and one-on-one meetings to complete the Common Application (including the personal statement) and to get set up on college-specific essay questions. For further information, contact [email protected].

Be proactive! Use your downtime this summer to reflect on your high school experience and show colleges what you bring to the table!

Students - whether you're writing end-of-the-year essays, brainstorming your personal statement topics, or prepping to write at the college level next year, you may want to check out this article from the NY Times that discusses how to edit your own writing!

How to Edit Your Own Writing Writing is hard, but don’t overlook the difficulty — and the importance — of editing your own work before letting others see it. Here’s how.

Happy Thursday families! We want to share this blog post from Emory University Admissions. The theme is similar to what we discussed on our Zoom calls with juniors and their families this week but there are a few extra takeaways we think you'd appreciate:

An Open Letter to Juniors and Sophomores These last few weeks have felt like something straight out of a movie typically filmed here in Atlanta. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to take its hold, perhaps like me, you are feeling caught off guard and unsure of what lies ahead. How will these next two months, six months, twelve months p