In an article full of otherwise good advice, Brian Rosenberg, the president of Macalester College, wrote on The Choice blog yesterday: “For colleges, a campus visit is the most important sign that an applicant is seriously interested, and there are times when that expression of interest can make the difference between acceptance and rejection. All […]
Read More >Start training independence now
From Geoff Falen, Director of Career Connections at St. Lawrence University in his article, Student Career Responsibility: Stories of parental intrusion abound on college campuses. Sadly, the tale of the first-year student whose mother helped her move into her room — and then never left — is not apocryphal. Career services is no stranger to […]
Read More >Three standardized testing reminders
Here are three spring testing reminders for sophomores and juniors: 1. Visit the websites of any colleges you are considering and review not only which tests (if any) are required, but also how each college treats your scores if you take an exam more than once. 2. If you are a strong student with the […]
Read More >Are you passionate, or résumé-padding?
It’s easy for colleges to tell the difference between a student who’s found an activity he or she loves and one who’s just adding titles and hours to the résumé. Which one are you? Do you talk about the activity without being prompted? Would you do this even if colleges didn’t ask you how you […]
Read More >How to instantly gain more free time
Students, if you want to instantly gain more free time, try an experiment this week. While doing homework and studying, shut off your internet and phone. If the internet is absolutely essential for a particular project (like doing research for a paper), keep your email and Facebook accounts closed. Otherwise, shut off all possible interruptions. […]
Read More >Collegewise in the Boston Globe
I did an interview with the Boston Globe last week about colleges that are adding additional essays to their applications in the hopes of weeding out potential applicants who aren’t seriously interested in the school. And while I didn't say that LMU "recently" added an essay (they added it almost a decade ago, and I've […]
Read More >Be thankful for college
Here’s an exercise for students (and for parents, too, who want to play). Pretend that the entire college and university system in the United States just collectively went bankrupt. Every school, from Harvard to Haverford, Princeton to Providence, Dartmouth to Dickinson is shutting their doors. No college for you (or for your kid). No moving […]
Read More >If you want to be taken seriously, learn to write well
Even if you believe the reason you go to college is to major in something that will lead to a job in a particular field, you’ll still need to learn to write well if you want to be successful after college. From Dave Kerpen, CEO of Likeable Local and NY Times best-selling author: Writing is […]
Read More >Happiness helps kids get in
I’ve noticed that families who make the conscious decision to enjoy the college admissions process together ultimately have kids who are not only happier in high school, but also more successful getting into college. It turns out there’s a scientific basis for that outcome. Shawn Achor wrote The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive […]
Read More >Welcome Casey Near to Collegewise
It’s a big day for Collegewise, as we've just officially hired Casey Near of Mills College to run our new office opening this May in the San Francisco Bay Area. Who’s Casey?Casey started college at Penn but transferred to Scripps College after one year (not surprisingly, the fact that she left an Ivy League school […]
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