It's time for Collegewise to take a bite out of the Big Apple, and we've just hired Jennifer Bridges to open our new office in New York City next month. Who's Jennifer? Jennifer (who goes by "Jenn," so I'll make the shift now) may be the first counselor we've ever hired to have experience […]
Read More >Give your teachers your “learning” all
Your teachers are evaluating a lot more than just your performance on homework and tests. You can submit error-free, "A" work, but if you look bored in class, if you never ask a question or contribute to the discussion, or if you seem intent on investing as little energy as necessary to get the […]
Read More >Just (decide to) do it
My work schedule has been in a state of flux for the past week. I was away from my home office for six days training a new counselor in California. I got home on moving day when my wife and I moved to a new home in a different part of town in Seattle. There's […]
Read More >Where to focus
The best results come from focusing your efforts on the parts of a process that you can control. You can’t control the final grade your Spanish teacher gives you, how many spots are available in AP chem, or whether or not your dream college admits you. But you can control your effort you’re willing to […]
Read More >Don’t let your parents call
Admissions officers expect that prospective students will have questions. But asking parents to call the admissions office for you doesn’t send a very good message to the college about your maturity and preparedness for college life. You’re going to college—your parents aren’t. Colleges like students who show initiative and who aren’t afraid to ask for […]
Read More >It’s like dating
Getting into college is a lot like dating—confidence is appealing. Desperation is never attractive. The kid who constantly laments that his life will be over if Stanford doesn’t accept him isn’t really showing as much confidence (or perspective) as the student who may love Stanford but knows that she’s going to learn and have fun […]
Read More >Welcome Katie Lawler (back) to Collegewise
This is one of those posts that makes me particularly happy to write. We've just hired Katie Lawler to run our Collegewise office in Plano, Texas opening this June. And Katie is a former Collegewise kid. The backstory Back in 2002, Katie was a high school student with credentials strong enough to consider plenty […]
Read More >Who’s rejecting whom?
When the Wall Street Journal published high school senior Suzy Lee Weiss's op-ed, To (All) the Colleges That Rejected Me, reaction from the public and from education professionals ranged from praising her for critiquing an irrational process, to calling her an entitled brat. But one of the most thoughtful responses I've seen came from Jon Boeckenstedt […]
Read More >Don’t worry about the wrong things
Part of successful, enjoyable college planning means not worrying about things over which you have no control. Here are two of them: How your high school calculates your GPA. How your future college calculates your high school GPA. Your high school may count your 10th grade honors English class as an extra grade point; your […]
Read More >Start with trust
While hiring counselors to open our new offices, I’m often asked what our Collegewise policy is on sick and personal days. Here’s how I explained it to a new counselor (who happens to run marathons): “We don’t have a set number of sick or personal days. If you’re sick, don’t come in. If you have […]
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