I’ve often reminded parents here to praise effort, not outcomes. I like the message that the grade your student gets on the geometry final is less important than how hard the kid worked in pursuit of success. Once a student gets in the habit of fearlessly taking on challenges and working hard in pursuit of their […]
Read More >Collegewise is hiring in Roslyn, New York
We’re looking for our next director of college counseling to join our merry band here at Collegewise, with a position open in Roslyn, New York. If you believe that the prestigious schools don’t have the market cornered on great experiences, if you believe the college admissions process can and should be enjoyable, if you believe […]
Read More >Minimizing mistakes
I often remind families that the college admissions process shouldn’t be treated like an anxious life-and-death struggle; it’s an exciting time to be enjoyed. But one element that does add pressure is the permanence of many common mistakes. If you make a bad color choice when painting a room in your house, you can always […]
Read More >Answer questions preemptively
A “frequently-asked questions” section on a website is a great idea in theory. In practice, it often falls short for two reasons: 1. The user has to seek it out. 2. All too often, the question you want answered isn’t there. Now that we’ve bought Collegewise back from The Princeton Review, we had to switch our […]
Read More >Interpreting financial aid award letters
Interpreting a college’s financial aid award letter can be tricky business. A letter that says, “Congratulations! You’ve been awarded $15,000 in financial aid” isn’t necessarily telling you that you’re getting a $15,000 discount off the sticker price. Not all financial aid is free money—financial aid can also include loans (which need to be paid back) […]
Read More >Bring a little extra, too
Imagine a restaurateur saying to a server, “I won’t open my new place unless you join my staff.” How good would that server need to be to earn that invite? Yes, he would need to be good at his job. But it’s unlikely he could be so accurate, fast, and polite that an owner couldn’t […]
Read More >Constructive, or just criticism?
Constructive criticism has good intentions, and often good outcomes if you listen to it. Most other criticism, however, you’re probably better off ignoring. Here are a few ways to tell the difference between the two. The more yes’s you get to the questions below, the more likely you should listen: 1. Has the critic demonstrated […]
Read More >Surviving the college admissions process
As “a functioning adult over half a decade out of college,” writer Toria Sheffield rests somewhere in between the age of a college applicant and the parent of one. She’s young enough to have experienced today’s college admissions stresses but old enough to have a sense of what the real world is like after living […]
Read More >Just say “Hi”
For nearly the entire second semester of my freshman year of high school, my buddy Ted Harding and I had a daily contest. Each morning, we’d walk the campus for 20 minutes and see who could get more people to say “Hi” or otherwise greet us in some way. Ted was a sophomore, so in […]
Read More >Welcome Meg Mahoney to Collegewise
Last year, we made a decision to hire a second counselor to join our director, Sara Kratzok, in our Newton, Massachusetts office. We knew that we needed to hire someone experienced and likeable and totally Collegewise, someone who could contribute right away in a part-time capacity and potentially grow into a full-time position. It was a tall […]
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