It’s not uncommon for students to dream, often during moments of high school frustration, of what life in college will be like. When expressed, those sentiments often begin with, “I can’t wait for…” I can’t wait for… …taking classes I actually want to take …not being in class from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. straight every […]
Read More >When news isn’t normal
Breanne shares Shut Up about Harvard from FiveThirtyEight: Here’s how the national media usually depicts the admissions process: High school seniors spend months visiting colleges; writing essays; wrangling letters of recommendation; and practicing, taking and retaking an alphabet soup of ACTs, SATs and AP exams. Then the really hard part: months of nervously waiting to […]
Read More >Parents: let them own their admissions news
Like most parents who read this blog, I received my college admissions decisions in an envelope, one addressed just to me. So did all of my classmates. Naturally, we shared the news, good or bad, with our immediate family members in the house. But we retained our choice whether or not to share that news […]
Read More >Be one of the greats
Today, after an incredible three-year run as a Collegewise counselor in Northern California, we’re saying goodbye to Casey Near, who will soon be off on a self-described adventure traveling and working internationally. When she shared the news and poured out her reasons to me and the rest of Collegewise months ago, it was very hard […]
Read More >Easy and uncommon
I’m sure that author and University of Pennsylvania professor Adam Grant gets a lot more email than I do, especially from people who are seeking (free) advice. But I still found myself nodding at almost all of his tips in this article, 6 Ways to Get Me to Email You Back. Highs school students are likely to need […]
Read More >For senior families: advice on the financial front
College decisions are arriving for seniors. And as families discuss where their students will be spending the next four years, here are three past posts with some advice about the financial factors in making your final college choice. Here’s a reminder that affordability is part of fit. Some advice on interpreting financial aid award letters. […]
Read More >For parents: when it’s time to back off
Bill was a classic type-A dad when he brought his daughter, Katy, to Collegewise. A former Marine, he was relentlessly focused and driven, qualities that had made him quite successful. Katy was a freshman who’d barely had time to memorize her locker combination yet. Before each of our first three meetings, Bill asked to have a few minutes […]
Read More >Emphasize the “I”
Most college admissions officers, even those who’ve never been near a football field, know about life as a high school football player. They’ve seen applications with descriptions of the activity. They’ve read essays about players’ experiences. The hard work, the double days during summers, the camaraderie with teammates—they’ve heard, read, and learned all about it. […]
Read More >No shortcuts
During my freshman year of high school, I took “Introduction to Drafting” and spent two semesters sitting next to a senior with perfect grades who was at the top of his class. When a substitute teacher failed to show one day, the opportunity to spend 55 minutes talking to our peers was my chance to […]
Read More >Someday, we’ll all look back and laugh…
It started out innocently enough. Yesterday, one of our Collegewise counselors emailed the rest of us and asked if anybody would care to share their senior quote from high school. People shared them, nearly all of which came with a laugh about how seriously we were taking ourselves, or how dated those quotes seemed now. […]
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