I’ve run a number of 10ks and half-marathons, and I always finish somewhere in the middle of the pack, comfortably sandwiched between those looking to better their previous (fast) times and those who are plodding along and just hoping to finish at some point. And I’ve noticed that in every race, a cadre of those […]
Read More >For counselors: evaluating your counseling program
Patrick O’Connor, a high school counselor, is one of the most vocal advocates for adding more admissions advising courses to existing counselor training programs, so much so that he started offering his own course. And he’s recently penned a book, College Counseling for School Counselors: Delivering Quality, Personalized College Advice to Every Student on Your […]
Read More >Normal isn’t newsworthy
I know a student who earned A’s and B’s in high school, had a part-time job, and was admitted to several colleges. Another student was the co-captain of the softball team and sang in the school choir. Her first choice was a large state school that admits 70% of its applicants. She got in. And […]
Read More >Who they’ll be tomorrow
My guess is that not many parents can say that you’re the same person today that you were when you were seventeen (only older). Sure, our high school selves may have started to reveal the person we would eventually grow up to be. And our own parents would probably point out that some of our traits were […]
Read More >Clearing up college savings confusion
This short NPR piece on saving for college has some sound advice from experts like Mark Kantrowitz from Edvisors. Some of the topics include: How should families balance saving for retirement vs. saving for college? Does the answer to the above question change if the retirement savings can be done through an employer-matching program? Does […]
Read More >For their own good
Most parents can probably recall the first time your infant son or daughter got a shot at your doctor’s office. No matter how necessary the medicine, it’s not easy to watch your innocent, defenseless, little one get stuck with a needle. But you do it anyway. You do it because the risk of not doing […]
Read More >Are you just following the recipe?
My brother is an ironman triathlete, the kind who runs a marathon after biking a hundred miles and swimming across a stretch of open ocean. Last week, he sent me this article about how elite swimmers train, which has quite a bit of application outside of the pool (if it didn’t, there would not have […]
Read More >Counselors: are you hurting by helping?
I’ve never met a college counselor—high school or independent like those at Collegewise—who wouldn’t go the extra mile for an earnest student who deserved the help. But the pressures of application deadlines, the tendencies of teenagers, and the workload on many counselors can leave these heroes and heroines of guidance frustrated with some of the […]
Read More >Does it matter to you?
Many families worry about what colleges want from applicants. Will it look better to run for an office or to start a club? Should I keep playing the drums or take an after-school art class? AP Chemistry or AP US History? In most cases, the more it matters to you, the more it will matter […]
Read More >Lottery logic
Years ago, a Collegewise parent asked that Stanford be added to his daughter’s already-finalized college list. She had a mixture of A’s and B’s on her transcript, slightly above average test scores, and respectable activities—credentials that would easily get her admitted to hundreds of potential colleges. But there was no chance that Stanford was going […]
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