“Building trust requires nothing more than telling the truth. That’s it. No complicated formula. For some reason too many people or leaders of organizations fail to tell the truth or opt to spin something to appear that they did nothing wrong. Again, our primitive brain, evaluating everything in terms of survival, can see through that. […]
Read More >Would you want your teacher’s job?
High school students, imagine that tomorrow instead of sitting in classes, you had to teach them. It’s now on you to prepare a lesson plan and stand up all day in front of classrooms full of teenagers who aren’t necessarily there by choice. Wouldn’t it be stressful? Imagine if that were your job every day. […]
Read More >Picking a senior class schedule
Rhiannon in our Milburn, New Jersey office forwarded us this post from the Tufts admissions blog. It’s got great advice for juniors picking classes. And it’s a great example of a college admissions office removing mystery from the process by just saying, “Here’s what we look for.” Good job, Tufts.
Read More >Informed choices beat assumptions
Assumptions work against you in college admissions. Families who assume that prestigious colleges are inherently better ignore other colleges that could have been good choices. Families who make assumptions about their likelihood of qualifying for financial aid might ignore colleges that they could have afforded had they actually applied. A better strategy is to make […]
Read More >Juniors, your college search starts now
If I could pick one strategy to help virtually any student enjoy a more successful, less stressful college search, it would be to spend the time to find the right schools. If you’re a junior who hopes to start college in the fall after you finish high school, the time for your college search is […]
Read More >Build on your little victories
Paul and I are starting a recruiting project to bring 30-40 counselors to Collegewise this year in 10-15 different markets. And after discussing today what we need to accomplish in 2014, we were excited, but also overwhelmed. It’s a mammoth undertaking for two people running a business. We could feel our stress rising along with […]
Read More >Replicate the process
You can’t replicate other peoples’ college admissions results. Even if you take the same classes, get the same grades and test scores, and do the same activities as the kid who got into Yale, it doesn’t guarantee that you’ll get into Yale, too. College admissions is a personal process, especially at the more selective schools. […]
Read More >“Please don’t worry about this.”
For colleges making requests of applicants, I have a suggestion. If your request–whether to update information, send an additional letter of rec, or schedule an interview–should in no way be taken as a bad sign, please say so. Use direct communication like, “Please don’t worry about this,” or “This is not something that you should […]
Read More >Curbing cell phone distraction
Breanne in our Irvine, California office has a creative way to prevent her students from being distracted by incoming calls and text messages during her meetings. There are times when a person or a project deserves our undivided, uninterrupted attention. Whether you make a box or just turn your phone off, eliminate the distraction and […]
Read More >Be careful who you talk—and listen—to
I got several emails after yesterday’s post from people who disagreed with me. That's fine. It's part of the blogging-every-day gig. But too many families listen to admissions assertions that begin the same way several of those emails began: “Someone told me…” "I've heard…" That's not fine. When it comes to college admissions matters, these […]
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