Estrela Consulting Blog

First off, congratulations! At this point in the year, you’ve hopefully heard back from most of the schools you applied to, and are receiving letters from the financial aid office with the results from your FAFSA. If the cost of college is a factor in your decision, these letters are critical pieces of information that determine where you go to school! Unfortunately, every school follows a ...

Every parent of a college bound student wants to know the return on investment (ROI) of a college education. Every student should be seeking that information, as well. One method of understanding ROI is to review the success of its recent graduates. Some of these primary success metrics include job placement results, graduate school enrollment, and salaries earned.

If you are like a good one third of the United States, you experienced unbearably cold and snowy days this past winter. As a result, you've been looking forward to summer for a long time! While most high school students will find themselves lounging poolside and sleeping in until all hours of the…afternoon…summer break also presents a unique opportunity for deeper engagement with the passions ...

They're here! They're here! If you're like us you've been patiently waiting for the 2018-19 Common App Essay Prompts to be announced. Spoiler Alert: the folks at the Common App have actually decided to keep the same prompts that were used during the 2017-18 application cycle.

Estrela Consulting is proud to announce that team member Amber Gilsdorf has recently been granted Associate Membership in the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA).