I once had a student present me with an essay in response to a prompt about his favorite class. I told him it was too over-the-top exuberant, that I’d never actually heard him say, “I love this class! I love these students! I love history!” I also told him I didn’t like it the first […]
Read More >Technology can let you down
In the last ten years, I have seen nearly a dozen students submit their college applications online and later have one or more colleges claim never to have received them. That’s never been a problem for our Collegewise students because of one simple thing every counselor here does. We print a copy of confirmation as […]
Read More >Unpredictable returns
You can’t predict all of the returns your college is going to give back to you. Some of them may not show up for a long time after you graduate. Back in college, I had a job running my school’s summer orientation program. That was the first time I started thinking about a career in […]
Read More >A few back-to-school posts
No, you're not heading back to school quite yet. But in case you're thinking about it and maybe even setting some goals for yourself, here are a few past posts that might be helpful: How to achieve your goals in school this year Become more impressive by doing less Five things you can start doing […]
Read More >What’s new about our updated Common App guide?
Sales of our updated guide to the Common Application that we released on August 1st have already surpassed those of last year’s guide. We’re excited to see it doing so well and have gotten some very positive feedback from the families and counselors who are using it. A few families who bought the guide last […]
Read More >Listen to your fans
One of the most valuable tidbits I took from Seth Godin’s marketing seminar last fall was, “Anybody who reads their own reviews on Amazon is an idiot.” His point was that helpful criticism from people you know, trust and respect can be useful. But you’re better off ignoring a few 1-star negative reviews from the […]
Read More >How great leaders inspire action
According to Simon Sinek, author of Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, the great leaders and organizations of the world, like Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright Brothers, all think, act and communicate in the exact same way. It helped them make groundbreaking changes, it’s the complete opposite of what […]
Read More >Just to be on the safe side
The Common Application recommended on their Facebook page recently that students never give their username and password to anyone who’s advising them with their Common App, that students should opt for safer ways to share their information. I think that’s up to the student and you certainly shouldn’t share your information if you don’t want […]
Read More >How to overcome procrastination
In their book Switch: How to Change When Change is Hard, Chip and Dan Heath share a great way to overcome procrastination taken from “The 5-Minute Room Rescue,” a technique to overcome chore inertia. Let’s say you have to clean your house and you’re procrastinating. Set a timer for five minutes and head straight to […]
Read More >Pick the option to enjoy the ride
If you have college goals and are willing to work hard to achieve them, then you’ve got two options for how to approach the process: 1. Worry constantly about whether or not everything you’re doing will lead to an admission to the college of your choice. 2. Enjoy the process, confident that your hard work […]
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