I have been shaking my head ALL day - but not in shock - because I know that college admissions is VERY high stakes, and my legitimate colleague consultants in the US earn up to $30,000 per College Advising student to prep on writing essays,...
2019 Results are rolling in!! Last year, 100% of our students were admitted to college with 93% admitted to 1 or more of their top 3 college choices! Lots of results came out on Friday with students admitted to Tulane, Columbia, Dartmouth, NYU Abu Dhabi, Bowdoin,...
Getting into college is one thing, but succeeding while there is quite another! Despite the challenges that the college experience so often presents, AIMers have managed to make a huge impact on their communities. Five years ago, these AIMers were highlighted in the Gleaner just before...
WHEN YOU SHOULD TAKE THE SAT / ACT by Kristina PB Not surprisingly, one of the most common questions surrounding the standardized testing involved in college admissions is, “When should I sit the exam?” Unlike the terminal exams to which we’ve become most accustomed (CAPE and the...
ESSAY SEASON IS HERE! Finally, the essay prompts for the 2019-2020 reiteration of the Common Application are out! It’s still early days yet, but now is the time for high school Juniors / Lower 6ers (those in their second to last year of high school) to...
I still remember how adamant I was that I was going to study in Jamaica. I got into U.W.I. Faculty of Law, and I was prepared to take a few years to work after high school so that I could afford to go to university,...
Happy New Year! No matter what your goals, here are some tips you can use NOW to have your best 2019! 1. STOP Procrastinating! This is a seriously TERRIBLE, yet so HUMAN struggle! If you nip it in the bud now when you're young and your brain is more...
College visit season is HEATING up in Jamaica! May schools who haven't come to visit in YEARS are coming to Jamaica - I think they realize the HIGH caliber of our applicants and want more! Watch this page for updates! US College Fair - Oct 22 &...
Meet newly full-time AIM College Prep Consultant Kristina Phillpotts-Brown Kristina graduated from Princeton University with a degree in English in 2017. Deeply passionate about equality and social justice, her research at Princeton focused on the connections between marginalized populations, social mobility, and organized crime in both American...
When asked about her philosophy on life, she replied: “Give it your all in the time that you’re given.” And that she has done. Shantae Shand, a 13th grade student at Campion College, will officially be attending Lafayette College, a prestigious liberal arts institution in...
