Colleges’ admissions decisions always inspire a lot of speculation about why certain kids did or did not get in to their schools of choice. He got in because he wrote a great essay. She got denied because her test scores were too low. Unless you’re hearing those statements from the admissions officers themselves, from your […]
Read More >This pain will pass
New York Times correspondent and author Jodi Kantor posted this to her Facebook page today: And while comments posted in public forums often range from illogical to completely insane, families currently stinging from an admissions denial might enjoy reading how many adults commented with some version of “I got rejected by a dream school, too, and […]
Read More >For senior families making college decisions
Here are two common questions we often hear from senior families making decisions between colleges that have accepted their student: “Do I really have until May 1 to make up my mind? Some of these acceptance letters make it sound like I won’t get housing if I wait that long.” Yes. Unless you applied to […]
Read More >Survey says…it’s what you do, not where you go
Inside Higher Ed reported that according to a recent Gallup survey, only 9% of business leaders rank where an applicant went to college as “very important” during the hiring process. But 84% agreed that an applicant’s knowledge and applied skills in the field were “very important." What you do in college is more important than […]
Read More >Unforgiving math
It’s not easy to tell a student who’s at the top of her class, who’s earned high test scores, and who’s been very successful in her chosen activities that her dream school is a reach. That student is likely to wonder, “What else could I have possibly done?” But the problem isn’t that this student […]
Read More >Embrace the uncertainty
My college connections show up in lots of places on the Collegewise timeline. For the first ten years of our business, the CPA who kept our books balanced and our taxes in line was my college buddy that I met when we both got part-time jobs teaching SAT classes together. Our liability, health and dental […]
Read More >Auto-reply enthusiasm
I’ve written several times here about the power of enthusiasm. When you legitimately enjoy what you’re doing and you put real energy into it, your passion is obvious. And contagious. A college admissions officer may not know or care at all about the tuba. But there’s a good chance she’ll be engaged by the applicant […]
Read More >Unannounced visitors
The pressure of the admissions process sometimes makes students and parents do things they wouldn’t normally do. One common mistake is for a student who was denied or waitlisted to show up unannounced at the admissions office hoping to meet with someone who read the file. I understand where that inclination comes from. […]
Read More >Backing off the parenting arms race
There were a lot of conversations in our offices yesterday about one parent’s crusade to move parents away from an achieve-at-all-costs attitude for their children. As Madeline Levine, psychologist and author of The Prince of Privilege mentions in the article, “It’s not about lowering the bar. It’s lowering the expectation that they be terrific at […]
Read More >Five college planning tips for homeschooled students
Homeschooling is a great educational choice for some students. But with all the potential advantages, here are a few tips to help mitigate some potential college planning challenges: 1. Take occasional outside courses. A college admissions challenge for many homeschoolers is the need to substantiate your academic strength in ways that colleges can clearly understand. […]
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