Back in February, I posted that we were looking to hire Collegewise counselors to open new offices across the country. Eight months and several hundred applicants later, I’m happy to announce that we've found our tenth and final counselor for 2013. He’s Vince Valenzuela, director of our soon-to-be open office in Princeton, New Jersey. Who […]
Read More >Our Common App guide is (finally) on sale
Ed note: the correct price for the guide is $15, not $50 as I (embarrassingly) wrote in the original post. Arun and I are happy to finally announce that our Collegewise Guide to the 2013-14 Common Application—revised and updated to reflect the new application—is officially on sale in our store. It’s 50 pages, sold […]
Read More >It’s not about what you major in
It’s no accident that there are a lot more alarmist articles in the press now than there were five years ago about the supposed best/worst paying college majors. We’ve just been through a major recession, and families are thinking about the return on their college investment. Headlines like that grab attention. But hoping to make […]
Read More >Chart your own path
So many of the families I meet at high school speaking events ask questions that are looking for a magic formula to get into the college of their dreams. They want a map, a step-by-step list of classes, test scores, and activities that will get them the admission they want so badly. But there are two problems with […]
Read More >Play your part
I once read a quote from an admissions officer who compared her job of selecting a freshman class with that of a director casting a play. Anyone who gets casted in a play needs to be able to act. But a casting director’s job isn’t just to find great actors—it’s to find the right person […]
Read More >Find the fun
The first step towards having fun in any job or activity is just to make the decision to actually find the fun. When I first went to work with Paul (now the Collegewise general manager) at his Princeton Review office in 1994, he was not just the fearless leader, but also the fun leader. He’d […]
Read More >Will colleges see your Facebook profile?
Every fall, students (and a lot of parents) ask us if college admissions officers look students up on Facebook. That question is like asking if it’s safe to leave your car unlocked in a particular neighborhood. Why take the risk (or ask the question)? Just lock your car. If you lock down the privacy settings on your Facebook account, it […]
Read More >Limit your hours
One way to stand out in college admissions is just flat-out work more hours than the competition. Someone else might do 100 community service hours, but you’ll do 120. Someone else might spend 20 hours studying for the SAT, but you’ll get a tutor on retainer and work 80 hours. Someone else might sleep eight […]
Read More >Follow the habits of elite performers
It’s not exactly ground-breaking study skills advice to tell students to get enough sleep and to take breaks. But Tom Rath’s book Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes actually shares two scientific findings that might convince you to follow those tips. 1. An influential 1993 study on human performance found that […]
Read More >No bullet points here
I’ve written before that I’m not a fan of how most presenters use PowerPoint. I can’t imagine someone leaving a presentation saying to themselves, “That sixth bullet point on slide 19 really made me think.” Arun doesn’t make that mistake, as evidenced by this photo taken during his presentation at Redondo Union High School last […]
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