Know Your Company builds software that helps CEO’s gather real feedback from their employees. Last week, they found a glitch in their software. For the past six months, new employees were able to see responses that only the CEO was supposed to have access to. That’s a pretty major slip-up. But rather than hope nobody […]
Read More >Manage downs, maximize ups
A lot of the hysteria around getting into prestigious colleges comes from the belief that if you can just get into one, the advantage of attaching that name to yourself will leave you set for the rest of your life, assured that success and everything else will work out how you (or your parents) want it […]
Read More >How counselors can connect with each other
Every counselor at Collegewise is part of our larger group we call “The Hive.” We don’t all get to sit together every day, and many of our counselors work in one-person shops. But if a counselor has a question he or she can’t find the answer to, we can pose it via email to The […]
Read More >Back-to-school resources
Here are a few past posts, books, and other resources in the spirit of students heading back to school: How to achieve your goals in school this year Become more impressive by doing less Five things you can start doing tomorrow that will get you better grades Back-to-school resolution suggestions for students My favorite study […]
Read More >Thank you’s
Breanne, our director in Mission Viejo, California, received a totally unexpected email yesterday from a former student who’s a freshman in college. Here’s the text, shared with the student’s permission: Hi Breanne – I hope you’re doing well. I was writing because I owe you a huge thank you! Thank you for everything you’ve done […]
Read More >We’re making some social media changes
I started writing this blog every day in October 2009 just to see what would happen if I stuck with it. It’s taken a lot of time, energy, and commitment to get here, but almost six years later, I, and I think the rest of the Collegewisers, are really proud of the role my blog […]
Read More >Taking notes: laptops vs. pens?
Here’s some interesting research showing that students who took notes by hand showed more memory and comprehension than those who took notes on the same material with laptops. And here are two past posts on note-taking, one on the importance of active (vs. mindless) note-taking and another sharing study skills from author Cal Newport.
Read More >The best stories present themselves
Students often approach me at the end of my college essay seminars to ask what I think about a topic they’re considering. It’s difficult for me to tell students I’ve just met whether the story they’re considering is the right one. In fact, few stories are inherently good or bad—it depends on how they’re approached and […]
Read More >Do what you can
Jay Mathews, Washington Post columnist and author of the fantastic Harvard Schmarvard, has been preaching college admissions sanity much longer than I have. So he got my attention when he reminded his readers that only about 10% of US high schools fit into the high-pressure category like those discussed in Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for […]
Read More >Connection powers
A friend of mine is a journalist with a forthcoming non-fiction book that’s getting a lot of attention, so much so that she’s regularly invited to speak to groups about the subject matter. Her public visibility also means that she frequently gets emails from people she’s never met asking questions, like: Can you connect me […]
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