For everything you spend your time doing, you pay a price. The currency is your time, attention, and depending on the level of physical activity, energy. Nobody has unlimited amounts of that currency. The best ways to stay within your budget and get most bang for your buck: 1. Choose things that actually pay you […]
Read More >Start with a balanced list
One of the most effective strategies for college applicants—if you want to get in, get financial aid, and end up happy and successful in college, is to apply to a balanced list of schools. It’s a strategy that anyone, from an “A” student to a “C” student can employ. It works effectively for just about […]
Read More >Feed your mind
One of the most appealing traits a college applicant can display is a natural curiosity and the drive to feed it. Whether you talk with your math teacher after class to learn more complex problems, take a dance class, learn Kung Fu, teach yourself to play guitar, read voraciously, or find any other way to […]
Read More >Something’s coming from Collegewise
On Wednesday, September 9th, I’ll be sharing something here we’re really excited about. We think it will be of particular interest to seniors, their parents, and the counselors who are helping them apply to college. If you’re in one of those groups, I hope you’ll tune in on Wednesday.
Read More >It’s not like Olympic ice skating
A high school freshman can’t take up ice skating with the hope of winning a gold medal. All indications at the Winter Olympics point to ice skaters in their prime at that age. The competitive skating ship sails early in life. But getting into college doesn’t work the same way. There was some discussion among […]
Read More >It’s for your own good (you’ll thank me later)
There are times when you might feel like you and your counselor are not on the same team. Why would a counselor discourage you from applying to a long list of particular schools you love, or warn you against submitting an essay you’re sure will help you get in, or discourage your parents from sending multiple […]
Read More >Match your goals to what you do
I probably wouldn’t have taken Richard J. Light’s course, “Reflecting on Your Life,” when I was an immature 18-year-old college kid. In fact, based on the five exercises from his course described in this article, a more apt title might be “How College Can Help You Get What You Want Out of Life.” But given […]
Read More >We’re building a better website
Earlier this year, we decided it was time for a major overhaul to our Collegewise website. Since our last rebuild five years ago, we’ve gone from 4 offices to over 20, from fewer than 10 counselors to more than 30. But our site hasn’t grown well along with us. It’s not easy for visitors to find […]
Read More >Are “we” applying to college?
Just in time for college application season, here’s a good reminder from Julie Lythcott-Haims, fellow parent and author of How to Raise an Adult: “Stop saying ‘we’ when you mean your kid. ‘We’ aren’t on the travel soccer team, ‘we’ aren’t doing the science project and ‘we’ aren’t applying to college. Our kid is. These are their […]
Read More >No essays by committee
Here’s a sure way to end up with a college essay that you aren’t confident about or that you just plain don’t like: ask for feedback from too many people. Feedback is good. Too much feedback from too many people is bad. You’ll get conflicting opinions, you’ll second-guess yourself, and you’ll fall out of love […]
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