Rejections

College Decisions and a Challenging Year

Posted on March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 by College Expert

Most college decisions are in or will be very soon, and it’s a season of mixed emotions. The college application process is a rollercoaster, and late March to early April can either be a high, a low or somewhere in between. Between a pandemic and surge of test optional applicants, this has been one of the strangest and most unpredictable application seasons we’ve ever seen, Reg...
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January 2019 College Expert Newsletter

Posted on January 4, 2019March 5, 2019 by College Expert

Ryan Luse in Star Tribune

Posted on April 16, 2017April 16, 2017 by CE

Ryan Luse is in the news! Gail Rosenblum interviewed Ryan for the Star Tribune article Rosenblum: How to turn college rejection into a lucky break. You can read the online edition or read it in the April 16, 2017, Sunday print edition. Link to Star Tribune photo. Nick Lemieux, 19, of Eagan, had his heart set on Columbia University, which rejected him. NYU has turned out great.
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The R-Word: Rejection Letters and Advice from a College Counselor

Posted on March 28, 2016August 28, 2016 by CE

By Ryan Luse The dreaded R-word. I am not talking about a rat or a rattlesnake. It is something far worse. Everyone has experienced it, especially in high school. It can be dark, painful and downright unfair. When it comes to college selection, the R-word is – REJECTION. I truly love my job as a college counselor. I’m fortunate to work with students from all over the state, from all walks of lif...
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Reasons to be Proud – Message to Seniors

Posted on January 3, 2016August 23, 2016 by CE

iStockphoto.com As we help our seniors deal with denials and deferments, there are other reasons to be proud. One of our staff members had a letter to the editor published in Star Tribune on Dec. 26, 2015. She is an AP LIT teacher at a local high school.
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Opinion: Surviving the College Denial

Posted on April 10, 2013August 18, 2016 by CE

We're sorry to inform you... When a message begins like that, it's never good, especially if it's from a college informing you on whether you've been accepted or not. Never good quickly transitions into the horror of all horrors if it was your first choice, dream school, as it unfortunately was in my case. All anxiety and cheery false hope drained from me, replaced by shock and a tightness in m...
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Coping with College Rejection

Posted on April 5, 2013August 18, 2016 by CE

Here is an article - Coping with College Rejection: How Parents Can Help that Sue Luse contributed to for Fox Business Network. It appears in the Personal Finance College Planning page.
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College Admission Trends

Posted on March 26, 2012March 26, 2012 by CE

Here is an article in the Huffington Post by Patrick O'Connor, Director of college counseling, Roeper School, about college admissions trends.
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Colleges Report 2011 Admission Figures

Posted on April 6, 2011April 6, 2011 by CE

Looking for 2011 admissions figures? Read The New York Times article in The Choice blog, March 30, 2011, by Jacques Steinberg. "By now, many of you who are applicants (or parents of applicants) for the Class of 2015 have received your admissions decisions. When The Times launched The Choice blog two years ago this week, one of the goals I set for it was to insure that applicants could put t...
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Colleges’ Rejects Who Made It Big

Posted on June 25, 2010August 3, 2010 by CE

Take a look at this Wall Street Journal article posted on msn.com about college rejections that had surprising outcomes. This article was emailed to me by a parent. Here is what she wrote: I thought you might be interested in this msn.com article. While it’s not particularly scholarly, I loved Columbia University President Lee Bollinger’s comment on page 2: To "allow other people's assessme...
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