The holidays offer a great opportunity that many high school students overlook—the chance to work a part-time job. Many local businesses, especially stores and retail outlets, will hire seasonal part-time or even full-time workers to help out during the busy holiday season. Beyond the obvious benefits of earning extra money (a nice bonus if you’ve […]
Read More >Private counselors: five holiday service extensions
Private counselors, there’s nothing wrong with sending a traditional holiday card to your customers. But there’s nothing particularly noteworthy about it, either. And most cards from businesses end up in the recycling bin anyway. So why not send something with more lift and a longer shelf life? Here are five holiday service extensions your customers […]
Read More >Rational explanations for irrational behavior
Some kids handle the college admissions process a lot better than their parents do. The journey through college applications has morphed into one that can cause even the steadiest parents to feel some occasional anxiety. Unfortunately, it can also cause some otherwise perfectly reasonable adults to come completely unhinged. Parents forging their kids’ college essays. […]
Read More >Passion projects
My mother-in-law’s 70th birthday party this year was an outdoor affair that featured a jazz quartet. All four musicians were high school students from two different schools. They’d found each other when two members posted an ad online looking for high school musicians interested in playing gigs and earning extra money. They were fantastic. And […]
Read More >Determination: friend or foe?
I love the show Shark Tank. Budding entrepreneurs pitch their business—and offer a stake in their company—to the cast of multi-millionaire and billionaire tycoons (the sharks) in exchange for an investment. It’s entertaining, it’s educational, and it’s helped to launch hundreds of successful businesses. But every now and then, an entrepreneur will present a business that’s […]
Read More >What did we write about for our college essays?
Every Friday at Collegewise, we ask everyone in the company a lighthearted question, like: What was your worst fashion faux pas? If you could teach any class, what would it be? What’s the most awkward thing that ever happened to you on a date? We call these our “Friday Fun” questions. We share the responses […]
Read More >For parents: let kids prepare for life
A friend asked me this week to help him revise his resume. Anyone who’s made a resume has grappled with similar questions. How do you describe your experience and accomplishments in such a limited space? How can you stand out when you’re reduced to paper? How do you reconcile the fact that you’re sending this […]
Read More >Is your older sibling applying to college?
If you’ve got an older brother or sister in the house who’s going through the college application process, you might feel like the only thing you can do is watch passively from the sidelines until it’s your turn to apply. But there are actually things you can do to help your sibling now, and yourself […]
Read More >Everybody isn’t doing it
Parents know (and remember!) what peer pressure looks like for kids. They want to fit in. They want to be accepted. They don’t want to be singled out. “Everybody’s doing it” can be a persuasive teen argument even when it’s not true. But peer pressure also exists for parents, especially around college admissions. And if […]
Read More >How to praise with purpose
Carol Dweck is a psychology professor at Stanford and one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of motivation. Specifically, she studies why people succeed and how to foster success, especially in kids. This article gives a nice summary of the findings from two of Dweck’s recent studies. The two that jumped out at […]
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