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Founder's Feature - June 2026 Edition

By Melinda Giampietro

Throughout the academic year, Melinda Giampietro, Options Founder/President, will share some of her favourite things in her monthly Founder's Feature. Melinda loves reading, data, research, and following academic…

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Video Interview Workshop

Elyse Economides

The 2.5-hour Video Interview Workshop prepares students for the video interview components of university applications, such as those required by the commerce programs at UBC, University of Toronto…

Trying to Submit Applications Before the Break? Attend a Workshop!

Elyse Economides

If your student is trying to complete his or her post-secondary applications before the winter break, there are still a few spaces remaining in our supplement writing and…

2015 Holiday Hours

Elyse Economides

Happy holidays from Team Options! Please note our modified business hours for the holidays. Our regular office hours will resume on Monday, January 4th, 2016. December 21st -…

Winter Break Programs at Options Solutions

Elyse Economides

With winter break approaching, Options Solutions wants to ensure students are prepared to submit their upcoming university applications and explore the post-secondary options available to them. We are…

Updates from the SFU Counsellors’ Day

Elyse Economides

Recently, Options' consultants Sara Lopez and Amanda Halliday attended the Simon Fraser University Counsellor’s Day presentations at the SFU Burnaby campus. Set atop Burnaby Mountain, the campus provides splendid…

NACAC Update: MIT want to admit Makers

Elyse Economides

Are you a Maker? Are you technically creative and part of the Maker Movement whose relentless desire is to design and innovate in Visual Arts, Music, Design and…

Canadian Universities Event – Updates & Highlights

Elyse Economides

On Tuesday, October 6 the Options Team of Consultants (Melinda, Edwin, Sara and Amanda) and Office Managers (Michelle and Brittany) travelled downtown to meet with university representatives from…

NACAC Updates: Tips on U of California Application for Undergraduate Admissions

Elyse Economides

In California, there are three major groups of public colleges: The University of California (UC) institutions, California State universities, and the California community colleges. The most popular of…

NACAC Updates: Princeton Review: 5 Things You Need to Know about the New SAT

Elyse Economides

While at NACAC 2015, Options Solutions attended an information session given by Princeton Review about the new SAT. Here are five things you need to know about the redesigned…

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