While shopping around for a realtor, I’ve noticed that much like many applicants, colleges, and private counselors, they all sound the same. I’m sure that each has particular neighborhoods, price ranges, and characteristics in a client they feel particularly well suited for, but they aren’t willing to say that. They’re probably too afraid of turning […]
Read More >The harm of turbo-charged parenting
A new study published in Springer's Journal of Child and Family Studies suggests helicopter parents might actually be causing mental health problems for their kids. But even if you’re not over-parenting to the point of making your kids depressed, hyper-involved parents often hurt their students’ chances of admission to college. Colleges want students who have […]
Read More >For parents: trust teenage instincts
Some parents in our Collegewise program are “spreadsheet parents” (it’s a term of endearment to us). They enjoy delving into college research for their kids. They read all the guidebooks. They take detailed notes when they tour colleges. Some even enter all of their findings into complex spreadsheets, hence the nickname. There’s nothing wrong with […]
Read More >Before they were big successes
When he was at Harvard, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh started a pizza business in his dorm. One of the residents would buy nightly pizzas from Tony and secretly resell them by the slice to people on his floor. Today, that resident—Alfred—is the COO of Zappos. The “Leibo Award,” given annually to the College of William […]
Read More >Speak it before you post it
I’ve been posting our available positions to several appropriate websites in search of our next Collegewise counselors. Each site doesn’t just ask for an ad. Most also want a description of our company. One wanted me to explain which competitors were similar to us. Yet another wanted me to describe where we see ourselves in […]
Read More >Grading the intangibles
Imagine your teacher wasn’t allowed to give homework or tests. How could she possibly assign grades to students? She'd grade the intangibles, like: 1. Are you pleasant? Respectful? A nice addition to the class?2. Do you seem genuinely interested in the material?3. Are you asking questions?4. Do you contribute to class discussion?5. Would the class […]
Read More >We’re looking for our next Collegewise counselors
We're looking for people with experience in selective college admissions offices to join us as Collegewise counselors to open, run and grow our new offices opening this spring in New York City, Boston, Long Island, and several markets in New Jersey. About Collegewise We do college counseling a little differently here. Our goal isn’t to […]
Read More >If you’re tired of stress…
If you can’t seem to stop stressing about the work you have to do, try this technique courtesy of study skills author Cal Newport: change the due dates of all your papers, projects and even exams to at least one day earlier. Then treat your new deadline as if it were the real deadline. The […]
Read More >When colleges ask for more information
After you submit your application for admission, it’s not unusual for colleges to send you a notice that they require more information. When that communication comes from an admissions office, it’s often because your file is still incomplete (a situation I described in this post). But when you receive a similar request from a college’s […]
Read More >New prompts, same rules
There's a lot of buzz in the counseling world about the new essay prompts for the Common Application. But our fundamental Collegewise essay advice will still apply. 1. Don't try to impress; just be honest. 2. Write a story only you could write. 3. Sound like you. Follow those three rules and you'll be on […]
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