Students, as you come to the end of yet another academic year, it’s the perfect time to do an autopsy. Not one that involves corpses. I mean a critical evaluation and assessment of the school year that is now in the past. Not just the stuff that shows up on a transcript or a test […]
Read More >All, nothing, or in between?
Do today’s teens need to treat their summers as resume-builders, filling their time with academic, philanthropic, and extracurricular activities? Julie Lythcott-Haims, a former dean of freshmen at Stanford and the author of How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success, doesn’t think so. In this piece […]
Read More >Don’t force the story
Soon-to-be seniors, if you’ve planned a summer experience—an academic program, an internship, a service project, etc.—that you have already decided will be the topic for your college essay, please do two things: 1. Go get as much out of the experience as you can. 2. Don’t commit to a story that hasn’t actually happened yet. […]
Read More >The push for perfection
Here’s the latest, though certainly not the first, evidence suggesting that parents who hover, push, and otherwise drive their students to achieve raise kids who are at a higher risk for anxiety and other disorders. I’ve yet to see a study suggesting that parents shouldn’t encourage and acknowledge effort, resilience, and other traits that can help […]
Read More >The best time to stand out…
…is before you need to. It’s true whether you’re trying to get a job or trying to get into college. Resumes, applications, letters of recommendation—they’re much better at sharing a stand-out story than they are at creating one.
Read More >Own your best
High school students, do you give your best—effort, attention, attitude, etc.—when someone is watching, grading, or otherwise judging you? Saving your best for the evaluators means they own that asset. What if you did those things when nobody was looking? You’ll probably go a lot further and be happier if you own your own best.
Read More >International students: view our free webinar
International students, if you missed our free webinar on how to gain admission to US colleges and universities, our Collegewise presenters, Tim Townley and Monica Brown, made a recorded version you can view here. Tim was an assistant director of international admissions at Boston University and a college counselor at the American School in Switzerland. […]
Read More >Before and after learning
One of the most valuable traits a student can show a college admissions officer is a legitimate love of learning. So why does the phrase, “I learned valuable lessons…” in a college essay cause so many of those same readers’ eyes to glaze over? When you actually learn something, a change occurs. It’s a before-and-after […]
Read More >The worst that could happen?
“What’s the worst that could happen?” is actually a great test if you’re honest with yourself. If the worst that could happen is that you get expelled, fired, arrested, or killed—well, those are some strong signs pointing to, “Not a good idea.” But if the worst that can happen is: It might not work People […]
Read More >Counselors: Take (and share) our SuperACAC notes
A dozen Collegewise counselors attended the SuperACAC conference in Reno two weeks ago and, as usual, they gobbled up as much useful information as they could. Now, they’ve compiled their notes into a 55-page document that counselors can access here: http://tinyurl.com/SuperACAC2015 Please feel free to forward the link, or the document itself, to any of […]
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