For many students, their explanation for why they’re struggling in a particular class is some version of, “The teacher doesn’t like me.” If that’s your reason, you’re facing one of two realities: 1. It’s true. 2. It’s not true and you’re either imagining the conflict or just inventing it as an excuse. Either way, if […]
Read More >Still working on your applications?
If you’re still working on (or just starting) your college applications, here are five tips from a past post to help you finish strong.
Read More >On storytelling
Patti from our Los Angeles office shares this article from the New York times on why storytelling is a skill job-seekers must have in their arsenal these days. We read it with interest because we’ve spent 15 years advising our Collegewise students to do exactly the same thing in their college applications. If you’re working […]
Read More >Lots of future left
As usual, Patrick O’Connor nails it, this time with his reminder to seniors, What Your College Application Decisions Don’t Tell You. Print it up. Put it on the fridge. And whatever news you receive from colleges, give O’Connor’s advice a re-read and remind yourself that you’ve got lots of future left to make your life […]
Read More >First progress, then perfection
Most days, I’m able to write just one blog entry. But when I’m preparing for a vacation, I’m always able to write 7-10 posts ahead of time and queue them to post daily while I’m gone. Why does an impending vacation make me more productive? The rest of the work I have to do and […]
Read More >Plenty of time
When I was a freshman in high school, I sat next to a senior in my Spanish class, a football player who looked like he was about 28. Four weeks into the class, he got transferred out because he’d gotten F’s on our first four exams. He seemed like a nice guy. But by college […]
Read More >When parents write recommendation letters
Some of our Collegewise counselors were discussion their experiences with kids applying to colleges that invite parents to submit letters of recommendation in support of their own students. If you’re a parent faced with that opportunity, here’s a past post with some guidelines.
Read More >Only one “you”
Before he wrote seven best-selling books on business, work, and behavior, and before he gave his TED Talk on motivation that has since been viewed 11 million times, Dan Pink spent three years as the chief speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore. He’s got a simple but powerful presentation tip in this article that I […]
Read More >Learn through non-loaded questions
I run Collegewise with my friend and mentor, Paul. I’ve written before that one of the best contributions he brings to any discussion is his exceptionally good listening. He works to understand someone’s point, usually by asking good questions and listening very carefully to the responses. He’s initially more interested in understanding than he is […]
Read More >On net-price calculator accuracy
In 2011, the federal government mandated that colleges had to post a new tool called the “net-price calculator” to their websites. You input information common for financial aid forms (like income and savings). Then the net-price calculator estimates your financial aid eligibility, subtracts that from the college’s cost of attendance and tells you how much […]
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