A recent study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology examined what separates the world’s most elite athletes, the “super champions,” from what the study called the “almost champions”—those who were once good enough to compete with the best, but ultimately fell short of reaching the highest levels. It turns out that the answer is not […]
Read More >Is your essay recyclable?
If you watch the presidential debates, you’ll see both candidates sometimes so intent on driving home their talking points in a response that they never actually answer the question. This isn’t specific to one party or even one election cycle. It’s just an example of a candidate (1) identifying an idea or accomplishment that they’re […]
Read More >Clean it up, or make it private
I’ve written before (here and here) about how information shared on social media can (and has) hurt students’ candidacy for admission. But I did not know this tidbit, courtesy of financial aid expert Mark Kantrowitz: “Kantrowitz suggests that students applying for scholarships clean up their Facebook and Twitter accounts to exude a more professional online […]
Read More >FAFSA prep
For applicants applying to college, the FAFSA goes live this Saturday, October 1. Edvisors offers Everything You Need to Know About the 2017–2018 FAFSA. And I highly recommend that you return to their site on or after October 1 to download their free guide, Filing the FAFSA 2017-2018 Edition, which includes line-by-line instructions (along with screenshots) for completing […]
Read More >Too much of a good thing
Some families respond to college admissions anxiety with too much of a good thing. Here are five examples of actions that start with good intentions but have unintended consequences when taken in large doses. 1. Too much assistance. Students need to take responsibility for their own college application process. When Mom or Dad picks all the […]
Read More >The sure thing
Last week, someone forwarded me a 2011 article about a former Collegewise student who’s now a computer engineer with the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Two gamblers who’d found and exploited a bug in video poker machines had taken Las Vegas’s casinos for hundreds of thousands of dollars. He investigated and solved the case in a […]
Read More >Who you are–and want to be
I still remember receiving one of my high school yearbooks and noticing that the yearbook staff had taken one last jab at a graduating senior who’d spent four years as the butt of a lot of people’s jokes. They’d replaced his chosen senior quote next to his portrait with one proclaiming that he was the […]
Read More >Try the right self-talk
When you’re nervous about an important event—like taking the SAT, going to your college interview, playing in the finals on the tennis team, etc., what does the voice in your head say? Second-guessing yourself with thoughts like, “I should have studied more” or “I’m probably not as good as the others” definitely won’t help your […]
Read More >Need encouragement to stop over-parenting?
When I deliver messages to parents like: What you do in college is more important than whether or not the school is prestigious Parents need to step back and allow their kids to find their own way Grades, test scores, and admissions decisions don’t measure your child’s worth or your success as a parent… …I […]
Read More >We’re hiring college counselors in Orange County, California!
Our Irvine and Mission Viejo offices, both located in Southern California (Orange County), are each hiring a college counselor. I’ve included the entire job posting below to make it easier to forward and share with anyone that my readers believe might be a good fit. Thanks for your interest and for helping us spread the […]
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