I still remember the consternation my wife and I felt when her maternity leave was coming to an end and our firstborn still wouldn’t take a bottle. She shared her worries with her own mother about how we’d tried every bottle size and shape, but he wouldn’t take any of them. I don’t know what […]
Read More >Unfinished apps? Time to get to work
If you’re a senior who’s procrastinated on your college applicants, you already know that you’re running out of time to complete them. You might also be filled with a combination of regret for what got you here with a fear that you’ll never finish on time. If you’re in that camp, here’s a tool that […]
Read More >See past the decisions
This week, applicants began receiving their early application news from colleges they applied to. That means lots of jubilation, heartbreak, and in some cases, confusion over decisions that, to someone who wasn’t in the room when the decision was made, might not seem to make sense. Many of our Collegewise counselors reached out to their […]
Read More >Holiday tips for high school counselors
With our Collegewise seniors heading into their holidays with completed applications, our counselors are about to begin a well-earned two-week break until after the new year. Last week, I delivered an internal webinar for counselors about how to not just get the most out of their vacation, but also protect themselves from the worries of […]
Read More >Why not try it?
When I started Collegewise in 1999, my parents had just moved to Switzerland where my dad had taken a new job. Months earlier, I’d booked tickets to spend a week with them over the Christmas holiday. And while this is hard to imagine today, internet access wasn’t necessarily reliable or even available everywhere. I didn’t […]
Read More >Five holiday reads to reduce admissions stress
The best way to reduce college admissions stress over the holiday might be not to read (or talk) about it at all. But if you can’t quite turn off the college worries and just need some outside reminders that everything will be OK, here are five worthy holiday reads. How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and […]
Read More >Your worth isn’t found in a college’s decision
Many colleges are releasing their early admissions decisions, and I can’t think of a better message to share (again) than that from Patrick O’Connor in his 2014 piece, What Your College Application Decisions Won’t Tell You. O’Connor builds his message with several specific examples, all of which eventually lead to a conclusion I wish every senior […]
Read More >Golden children vs. comeback kids
I hadn’t previously read any of KJ Dell’Antonia’s work, but her recent blog post, It is harder to raise the comeback kid than the golden child. And better, resonated with me. She shares specific advice without seeming (to me) too pedantic. And as a parent herself, she manages to speak from the parents’ side, acknowledging that […]
Read More >Courage, responsibility, and credit
Before he became a New York Times columnist and bestselling author of 20 successful cookbooks, Mark Bittman was just a guy who wanted to work as a writer. He approached the editor of his local paper in Massachusetts and confidently proposed that he could do a better job than the paper’s current restaurant reviewer. The […]
Read More >Common sense never goes out of style
While waiting at the beginning of a five-hour window for a service tech to repair my washing machine, I answered a call from the repair company. A recording played confirming my appointment and said, “If you would like to track your technician and see the estimated time of arrival…” I perked up. What a great […]
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