This presentation is designed for parents whose children are applying to college at the last minute.  In some cases, this may be due to basic procrastination; in others, the mistaken belief that their Early Decision or Early Action choice would accept them (and thus there was no need to apply to other colleges).  This presentation will give you—as a parent—a path forward and the assurance you may need to avoid panic, anger, or exasperation.
A few of the issues we’ll cover:

• How many schools can students realistically apply to, without their applications being slap-dash?
• How can students maximize the time available to produce top-quality applications (rather than generic applications colleges readily spot as such)?
• How can students (or you) assemble an appropriate list of colleges?  As a related matter, how can they (or you) realistically estimate their chances of admission?
• How to target schools where their chances of admission are better than statistics would suggest.

We’ll also explore some less-obvious possibilities:

• Whether and how to apply to foreign programs—which, in general, have later deadlines.
• Whether to consider doing a gap year—and, if so, whether to wait to apply to college until next fall.
• Whether and how to think about the transfer option, so that if top choice colleges say no now, your student can maximize the chances of admission in a year or two.

Audience participation and questions are encouraged. Face masks are required of all participants. 
Presenter, Richard Montauk is the author of a series of best-selling guides, all published by Prentice Hall, including How to Get Into the Top Colleges and How to Get Into the Top MBA Programs.  His most recent books include College Interviews: The Definitive Guide and Getting into Brown: Successful Applicants’ Essays, Resumes, and Interviews.  He received a BA in literature from Brown University, an MA in government from Harvard, an MS in finance, and a JD from Stanford Law School.  Pursuant to a graduate fellowship, he also studied at the London School of Economics and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (University of London).
After graduating from Stanford, Richard worked as a corporate lawyer for Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles, then as a corporate strategy consultant for Bain & Co. in London, before devoting himself full-time to admissions consulting.  Since 1991, he has consulted to candidates for the world’s top universities, for both undergraduate and graduate programs.  He can be reached at richard.montauk@gmail.com or through his website, richardmontauk.com.