American universities are truly the best in the world, but none of them are worth sacrificing your student’s mental health.

This year, Golden Educational Consulting was honored to help some phenomenal students find their way to 19 different colleges.

Stop me if you have heard this one - “Millions of dollars in scholarships go unclaimed every year.” Here’s the truth.

August 1st means the opening of the Common Application. Here’s our quick start guide for your newly minted high school senior.

Creating a network is a key step in establishing a strong community for finding your life’s work. Here’s how you build yours.

As you begin considering campus life and involvement when visiting campuses, here's what you should know about Greek Life.

We were blessed with wonderful fathers - full of advice and love. As we celebrate fathers day here's all the ways that dads are a big deal.

The senior year has a lot packed into it, that is exactly why we recommend unpacking some of that work and handling it over the summer.

Have you ever met someone who had an insatiable curiosity? Did you know this trait has a name? And it is the key to success in college.

This year’s GEC seniors were truly remarkable full of leaders, thinkers, artists, and athletes who will change the world.

Spring and summer is the perfect time to visit college campuses in person. Here's our best tips to get the most out of your next visit.

Young people develop “stress scripts” for how to deal with life pressures. Teach them healthy habits early to deal with inevitable stress.

I am thrilled to announce that we are again growing our practice with the hiring of Jill Teeters as an Educational Consultant with GEC!

We are grateful to our families who have allowed us to support their students during 2022 and celebrate with them on all of their successes!

In a continuation of our college visit series, we discuss the many ways that the University of Tennessee - Chattanooga can feel like HOME.

If you had a day named after you, and the whole world celebrated it, what would it be like?

We are frequently asked how students should make their decision once all the admission offers have arrived. Here's our answer.

We have updated our guide for how to work with financial aid offices to help make your student’s college bill more affordable.

Who wins in the battle of joysticking parents or helicopter parents? Spoiler: no one.

In this first in a series of visits to college campuses, it made sense to start on a campus that is in Chris' backyard – Duke University.