For a grandparent who’s in the fortunate position of being able to help with your grandkids’ college expenses, it’s important to understand how that assistance will affect your grandkids’ eligibility for financial aid. To learn the best ways for grandparents to help with college costs without undue negative impact on financial aid (and do it […]
Read More >Develop strengths first
Marcus Buckingham, co-author of the best-selling Gallup book, Now, Discover Your Strengths, just released his new book, StandOut: The Groundbreaking New Strengths Assessment from the Leader of the Strengths Revolution. His take is that the most successful and fulfilled people are those who spend more time developing their strengths than they do trying to fix their […]
Read More >“Will applying for aid hurt my chances?”
George Washington University recently revealed that it places hundreds of applicants on the waitlist each year because they cannot afford the tuition. For many families, this just exacerbated their fears that applying for financial aid will somehow hurt their chances of admission. For those families, please see what Kal Chany, author of Paying for College […]
Read More >When economists study test scores
Two economics professors at the University of Chicago have co-written a paper that gives scientific basis to something counselors know but students and parents forget—achievement tests don’t measure what’s really going to matter once a student gets out in the real world. When it comes to the standardized tests associated with college admissions, yes, they […]
Read More >Don’t judge a college by the tour guide
First, some college humor that circulated through our Collegewise inboxes this morning: I love a good college rivalry, and Harvard and Yale take it to great levels. It’s hard not to appreciate two of the most selective schools in the universe trading biting insults, like these Harvard students having some fun at Yale’s expense. Now, […]
Read More >Write it, but don’t send it
If you’ve ever vented your anger at someone over email and later regretted sending it, next time, take a page from Abraham Lincoln’s book. As author Doris Kearns Goodwin described in an NPR interview, “When he (Lincoln) was upset with somebody, he would write what he called a ‘hot letter,’ where he would write it […]
Read More >On picking the right essay topic
This passage comes from yet another great entry on the University of Virginia admissions blog, this one about college essay topics. "Oftentimes, we are put on the spot to describe a favorite or great essay. What comes to mind are the outliers. So, we rattle off a few lines from the quirky or strange essay […]
Read More >Be a fixer
At one point in the winding airport security line this morning, I made the turn and found there were three different directions I could go—left, right or straight. Wth no clear indication which was the right route, I picked one, only to have one of the agents yell, “Sir! This way!” and point the opposite […]
Read More >Maybe (some) stress isn’t so bad?
Kelly McGonigal is a Stanford psychologist who argues that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that it’s bad for you. A better way to think of a stressful feeling is, “This is my body’s way of rising to a challenge.” If you reframe your stress perspective, your body will believe you, […]
Read More >On self-awareness
According to Brad Stone, author of The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, here’s how Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, once described himself: “Physically, I’m a chicken. Mentally, I’m bold.” It’s not just a funny turn of phrase. Bezos manages to seem likeable in just one sentence (even though the rest of […]
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