We remind our Collegewise families that they should celebrate every offer of admission, whether or not it comes from a dream school. An admission to any college is a big deal whose significance is surpassed only by the final choice of where you’ll be spending the next four years. But there’s no reason that celebration […]
Read More >Are you excited to shop in the academic market?
Imagine your high school radically changed and began offering 500 different classes you could take, ranging from AP physics, to Italian cooking, to modern dance. And no matter what you took, you’re guaranteed there’d be no negative repercussions to your college admissions chances. What would you choose to learn about? Even the highest-achieving students sometimes […]
Read More >Plenty of days ahead
It’s a late blog post today as I’ve been without Internet access (and on the phone with the provider) for a good chunk of the day. Patrick O'Connor, the associate dean of college counseling at the Cranbrook-Kingswood School, is one of those bloggers who makes me nod my head in agreement whenever I read his […]
Read More >Why not start now?
From an article on Time.com: College admission letters go out this month, and most recipients (and their parents) will place great importance on which universities said yes and which said no. A growing body of evidence, however, suggests that the most significant thing about college is not where you go, but what you do once […]
Read More >More college visit tips
A lot of college visit advice strikes me as unrealistic (I’ve never met a teenager who actually wanted to add an in depth tour of the library while visiting a college campus). But Martha C. Merrill, dean of admission and financial aid at Connecticut College, has some sound advice on The Choice blog today. And […]
Read More >Make the choice yourself
I spent last weekend at a friend’s 40th birthday party with a group of happy and successful guys. Here were their professions (mine included): Head of a college counseling companyMiddle school teacherPublic defenderDirector of a middle schoolCorporate lawyerHuman resources analystProduct manager at MicrosoftGreen technology program officerTitan of internet advertising Here’s where we went to college […]
Read More >Where can you be a “best customer”?
When the average business runs a Groupon deal that leads to a surge in sales, there is a corresponding drop in that business’s Yelp ratings. According to a new paper by professors Giorgios Servas, John Byers, and Michael Mitzenmacher, the drop is due to a “mismatch between the preferences of Groupon users and the businesses […]
Read More >Don’t do it for the essay
I’ve met many students (often encouraged by their parents) who choose a particular activity because they think it will lead to a great college essay. It often happens in the summer before college applications start. They’ll plan a community service project, commit to a summer academic or leadership program, or schedule a trip to a […]
Read More >We’re coming to Texas, y’all…
It's official! We've just added Plano, Texas to the list of locations where we'll be opening a Collegewise office in the next three months. We're now looking for the right person to get the office up and running and serve as the director of college counseling. If you're interested or know someone who might be, […]
Read More >When rejection arrives: a reminder for parents
In 2009 as the economy was crashing all around us, Collegewise had an opportunity to land a contract delivering our services to an entire school district. I saw it as a natural way for us to put our system to work on a larger scale, and it would have saved us from having to close […]
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