Last summer, one of my favorite writers on the MIT admissions blog wrote a post announcing that he was leaving MIT. I thought he could really find a good home here at Collegewise, so I did something I never do–I sent an unsolicited email to a college admissions officer. After several chats and some time spent […]
Read More >Worry less about weighting
A “weighted GPA” is one in which honors and/or Advanced Placement classes are given an extra point in their numerical calculations (A’s are worth 5 points instead of 4, B’s are worth 4 instead of 3). That’s how students who get A’s in multiple weighted classes can get GPAs higher than 4.0. Weighted GPAs were […]
Read More >Is worrying always a bad thing?
I preach often on this blog that families should worry less during the college admissions process, especially about factors that are beyond their control. But is all worry necessarily a bad thing? I judge the value of worry by the behavior it inspires. It’s hard to find fault with worry if you quit smoking because […]
Read More >How parents can ease the pressures
Denise Pope, a senior lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, doesn’t just want to refute the notion that the most selective colleges provide better educations; as the author of “Doing School: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed-Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students” and a founder at challengesuccess.org, she also believes that […]
Read More >How much do schools before college matter?
I spend much of my time on this blog discussing college selection. But what about high school, middle school and even elementary school? For families who are in a position to choose your student’s school, how much does the school actually matter? And even more importantly, what’s the best way to measure the quality of […]
Read More >Five qualities of successful private counselors
I often get emails from private counselors asking for advice about how to expand and take their business to the next level. While there’s no magic formula to growing a business, here are a few things I’ve learned from great private counselors—inside and outside of Collegewise—over the last fifteen years. Start with these and you’ll […]
Read More >How much will the travel cost?
When considering colleges, many families need to evaluate the cost to travel to and from the school. Rhiannon in our Millburn, New Jersey office just unearthed this helpful tool that calculates travel costs by plane, train, bus, ferry and automobile with one easy search. This could also be very helpful when planning college visits.
Read More >Do your colleges require Subject Tests?
Most students are keenly aware of the need to take the SAT or ACT (unless you apply to exclusively test-optional colleges). But many colleges also recommend or require that you submit Subject Test scores. The Subject Tests are 1-hour exams in a particular subject, like biology, US history, Spanish, etc. If you don’t realize until […]
Read More >Passive vs. active participants
Some high school activities don’t allow passive participants. You don’t get to play on the volleyball team or act in the school musical just because you show up to practice or rehearsal and do the bare minimum asked of you. You have to earn a spot by proving you can make a valuable contribution. And […]
Read More >Choosing your words
I’ve written before about the importance of communicating like a human. And Seth Godin’s recent post points out that if you run a business and you put a sign up, that sign is speaking for you, so why not choose the words carefully? When our Irvine, California office was tired of solicitors entering uninvited, we […]
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