If you had to write a letter of recommendation for yourself, but you could only mention personal qualities—nothing about grades, test scores, activities, or anything else that you’d list on a college application—what would you say? You’d probably pick your best qualities, the ones that come most naturally, that make you who you are, that […]
Read More >Pass it on
Seniors, you’re in the twilight of your high school career. My guess is that you feel a lot wiser today than you did when you showed up in 9th grade. Not just about college admissions, but about your high school, life as a teenager, what matters and what doesn’t, etc. You’ve had successes and failures, […]
Read More >The order matters
Author Simon Sinek argued in his book, Start with Why, that the order in which you do or say things matters. As he puts it, people don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it—so talk about why before you talk about what (see his TED Talk for Sinek’s full explanation). And in […]
Read More >My goodbye to graduates
Today is graduation day for a lot of my blog readers. Not the official high school graduation, but, May 1, the final day for seniors to decide where they’ll be attending college next fall. When a student has made that decision or a parent finally knows the college fate of their last one to leave […]
Read More >Doing more vs. getting better?
When Collegewise is presented with a potential opportunity—a new marketplace to enter, a company we can partner with, a new population of customers we can serve, etc.—I’m usually the first to push back and ask why we wouldn’t channel that time and energy into getting better at what we’re already doing. Nobody has unlimited time […]
Read More >Parents wanted! We’re hiring community organizers
*Are you a parent who believes there is too much anxiety surrounding the college admissions process? *Can you organize and lead people who care about the same things you care about? *Would you like to make a difference in your high school and community by helping families enjoy a more successful, less stressful, ride to college? […]
Read More >Do it the easy way
A high school student doesn’t always need to do something difficult to learn a lot, make an impact, and impress colleges. Sometimes the easy way is the best way. Yes, you could pay to travel over the summer to do volunteer work in South America. Or you could volunteer at a local non-profit right in […]
Read More >Vince Lombardi was wrong
Legendary football coach Vince Lombardi said, “Quitters never win and winners never quit.” I don’t believe it—for kids in high school, or anyone trying to do good work and make a difference. We killed a project this week at Collegewise, a guideline that five of our counselors had spent a lot of time working on. […]
Read More >For private counselors: match their work output
Our Collegewise counselors work with A students, C students, and everyone in between. We don’t care what your grades or test scores are—we’ll go all-in to help you find and apply to the right colleges, and hopefully, we’ll help your family enjoy the process together. But we can’t do the work for a student. Instead, […]
Read More >Look back and laugh
If you’re a high school senior who was recently denied from a college you really wanted to attend, you may not find the humor in The Onion’s High School Student Taking Rejection From First-Choice College In Stride As If Future Not Over. It might feel like they’re poking fun at you. But they’re not. They’re […]
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