As students progress through high school, it’s natural to wonder how colleges will perceive your activities. If you ask any college or good college counselor, they’ll tell you that there is no list of required or even preferred activities—colleges want you to make your own choices about how to spend your time. But eventually, those […]
Read More >When choosing which college to attend…
April is college decision month for seniors, so here are a few past posts, one for students on how to decide, and another for counselors on how to help them. And parents, as you sort through the news, remember that while some colleges may have said no, you’ll eventually be doing this at one of […]
Read More >Same old stories
The press reported yesterday that Harvard’s acceptance rate reached a record low—5.3 percent. The previous low was 5.9 percent. The headline might as well have been: “This just in: Harvard is STILL absurdly difficult to get into…and so are all the other highly-prestigious colleges.” These headlines run every year. And while the repetition will be […]
Read More >A potential tool for private counselors
One of the challenges of starting a private counseling business (or any small business) is figuring out how you’ll handle things that come with being a small business owner, like: How will you accept credit cards? How will you handle bookkeeping? How will you keep track of customer contacts and files? How will you manage […]
Read More >Your own path
I still remember that day ten years ago when one of the smartest students I ever counseled presented me with his response to a college essay prompt about his favorite class. One paragraph into reading it, I realized he’d copied the concept—and a good chunk of the language—from an example shared in a book that […]
Read More >Not at the good part yet
Many senior families are now at the apex of the college admissions drama. Colleges continue sending their admissions decisions, and news of the results travels fast among friends, neighbors and high school hallways. For every student celebrating what feels like the admission payoff for all their hard work, another will be left wondering what more […]
Read More >How to maximize the relief of a completed task
When you have an unpleasant task to complete, the timeline is actually broken up into three parts: 1. Time spent worrying about it 2. Time spent doing it 3. Time spent relieved that it’s behind you and moving on to more enjoyable things Procrastinators allocate their time like this: But if you start now and […]
Read More >The fare at the college fair
Our Collegewise business partner, Arun, who worked in admissions at Caltech and the University of Chicago, once described to me that a college fair is like a buffet. It’s a great place to go find a lot of choices to survey, but not great if you’re looking for a specific dish cooked just how you […]
Read More >Welcome our CFO, Joel Block, to Collegewise
Last week, I shared a great contribution from our new CFO. This week, I finally get to introduce him. Joel Block has joined Paul, Arun, and me as a partner and the first official Chief Financial Officer at Collegewise. At first glance, Joel might look like your typical CFO. He studied business at the University of Michigan […]
Read More >Get enough sleep (that’s an order!)
In this video in promotion of Tom Rath’s new book, Are You Fully Charged?, U.S. Army Surgeon General Patricia Horoho emphasizes how important sleep is to learning and to gaining a competitive edge. And here’s a past post with more of Rath’s rest wisdom, this one about the benefits of ditching the snooze button in […]
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