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If you haven’t already, it’s time to get started on your Personal Statement. The Common App personal statement prompts have already been updated for the 2023-2024 cycle. Take the time to brainstorm and write this essay: it will be the…

The Common Application is officially open! You can sign up for an account and begin applying to colleges today. A reminder: you can only apply to 20 schools on the Common App. The Coalition (which also opened today) is an…

Students applying to medical school have already spent weeks or months preparing their primary application, consisting of writing their personal statement, compiling their activity list, asking for letters of recommendation and more. Once their primary application has been verified and…

The primary question on every new rising senior’s (and parent’s) mind: “Is July too early to hire a college counselor and start on college applications?” Not at all! In fact, the majority of our rising seniors at Moon Prep have…

June is always a flurry of activity with Moon Prep students as college lists are finalized, the first wave of summer programs arrive, and the first college essays have begun. We love this time of year as we help students…

The time leading up to May 1st can feel stressful for some seniors and, for others, a relief as they leave the college process in the rearview mirror on National Decision Day. At Moon Prep, the past few weeks have…

With April 1 comes many of those final college decisions that students have been waiting on before making their final decisions before the universal deadline of May 1. Here at Moon Prep, the counselors are busy scheduling final college meetings…

In the admissions cycle, the month of March is full of big decisions for both graduating seniors and juniors. While seniors eagerly await final college acceptances to determine which school will be home for the next four years (even seven…

The beginning of February draws the Direct Medical, Early Decision, Early Action and Regular Decision application flurry to a close. This is an exciting time for seniors, as they finally feel “done” with the application process and begin to hear…

As students begin hearing their Early Decision and early rolling admissions results, we are busy celebrating with our seniors or helping students re-evaluate their Regular Decision college list. If you are a senior who has received disappointing Early Decision news,…