Dana Marvin

Independent College Consultant in NY and beyond. Owner of MillennialCollegeAdvisor. EdD student at Purdue.

[chronically sassy @ChronicSass]

School doesn’t start for about a month, but I’m hoping to have a few people help me #clearthelist2024. Help me support my juniors and seniors as we prepare for the upcoming college admissions season!! https://t.co/bB7cvKFssf

[horse dentist @equine__dentist]

needed this so bad laffy taffy

[Sara Yelich Miller @sarayelich]

Can’t make it out of April without my annual plea for @CommonApp to find a way for colleges to upload decisions and financial aid to the platform.

Once a student commits, then they get access to their institution’s portal — not before.

The portals are just too much to manage.

[Anthony Abraham Jack @tony_jack]

08.13.24.

[Dana Marvin @danamarvin_cc]

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[Dana Marvin @danamarvin_cc]

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[John Penniman @Historiographos]

I will never recover from this student email.

[Eric Hoover @erichoov]

HS senior on FAFSA delay: “I don’t know what that means for me, but I would be totally, totally screwed if I didn’t have a counselor to figure it all out.”

[Sara Yelich Miller @sarayelich]

I knew it was coming, but I am livid over the new FAFSA timeline.

We know "by Dec. 31" doesn't mean "early December," so it's nearly guaranteed to launch when schools are closed, colleges are closed, and students/counselors need a break.

[Sara Yelich Miller @sarayelich]

Reason #594 that outside scholarships are the bane of my existence:

[Jeff Selingo @jselingo]

While I was at #NACAC2023 last week, this was announced.

Two books—"Atomic Habits" and "The Power of Habit"—changed how I think about my routines. We need a similar book to shift how we approach the college search. I hope this 📖 will show how Plan B sometimes should be Plan A.

[Dana Marvin @danamarvin_cc]

The #NACAC FOMO is so real this year 😭

[Jay Wamsted @JayWamsted]

New puzzle idea for the Times:

Arranging seating charts for middle school classrooms where you have only 4 corners in the room but need 9

[Tara Miller @taraMaustin]

My senior just now, “These colleges need to back the F off.”

Me: “What do you mean?”

He proceeds to read me the entire list of unopened/unread college emails he has in his inbox.

And y’all…omg he right. The amount of emails is ridiculous.

[Dana Marvin @danamarvin_cc]

@michaelsorrell For my first college, yes. I had work study at the private Catholic college I went to freshman year in the office of adult admissions, and I loved my job! By the time I transferred to a SUNY I didn’t qualify, but I still worked on and off campus.

[Tara Miller @taraMaustin]

Real cost will be more ambiguous & revealed later in the application process for students this upcoming year with the new financial aid date rollout as well.
Why do we keep building hurdles for the most vulnerable historically underrepresented students? https://t.co/2MA3bM6rS4

[Dana Marvin @danamarvin_cc]

@Beaches0411 🧡

[Dana Marvin @danamarvin_cc]

@andreavbecker Working in education the past 7 years has made me realize just how many people outside of the field don’t know what DOE mean???

[Dana Marvin @danamarvin_cc]

Officially registered to start my doctorate in 5 weeks!!! 🥳