When a senior presents you with a college list filled with too many reach schools, or a student wants to be allowed into an AP class he didn’t qualify to take, or a disappointed student seeks your advice about how to get her French teacher to raise her grade in the class, you might have […]
Read More >Put yourself in failure’s path
One of the keys to being successful is your willingness to put yourself in failure’s path. If you audition for the school play, you may not get the part. If you try out for the football team, you may not make the squad. If you run for a club office, you may not win the […]
Read More >What we can learn from the tenure process
Study skills author Cal Newport wrote an interesting post this week that imagines what would happen if every working professional approached their work like a professor approaches the goal of getting tenure. There are a lot of applications in here not just for adults trying to advance their careers, but also for students trying to […]
Read More >Stand out by mastering a skill and sharing it
If you’re still early in your high school career, here’s a great way to stand out—master a skill and then share it. Start by learning how to do something really well—produce great videos, make great ceramic pottery, run a neighborhood car-wash business, fundraise, or sell things. Put in the time and effort not just to […]
Read More >Why bother to save? Here’s why
When I give financial aid talks for students and parents, I’m often asked why a family should bother saving for college at all. Once a family sees that the financial aid formulas are based on the ability to pay, families quickly realize that money they’ve saved will actually count against them in the aid formulas, […]
Read More >Make it all about you
I’ve written before that your college applications and essays should be all about you. It’s fine to write about someone else who’s influenced you in some way, but colleges are looking to learn about you, not about someone you admire. So how do you handle a question like this one from Gonzaga University? As part […]
Read More >Rankings: a college president’s critique
Christopher B. Nelson, President, St. John’s College in Annapolis, offers an excellent critique to the president’s proposal to assign a ranking system to colleges and to tie federal aid to the college’s ranking. Nelson acknowledges that rising costs and the associated mounting student debt is a serious problem. But he points out that the fundamental […]
Read More >Are you a good student but bad test-taker?
If you're a good student who struggles with standardized tests, Malcolm Gladwell's article, "The Art of Failure," may explain why (hint: it's probably not your fault). The article's conclusion: "We have to learn that sometimes a poor performance reflects not the innate ability of the performer but the complexion of the audience; and that sometimes […]
Read More >Stand out by learning…or teaching
Seth Godin is launching a new project soon to allow people to teach a small, free, highly-interactive class online. The link I've provided allows anyone to sign up to be updated and to potentially teach a course once the program launches. It certainly won't be the first platform to offer this service, but Godin is known […]
Read More >What college story are you telling yourself?
There are lifelong Raiders fans who will tell you that their team can get to the Super Bowl this year. Even though the Raiders are currently in what one writer called “the deepest rebuilding project in the league,” die-hard fans believe their silver and black are going all that way. It’s not about logic—they believe […]
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