The Choice blog ran an entry this week—College Admissions Advice for ‘Neurotic’ Parents—that generated some good comments from readers. One in particular I thought was worth sharing. It's easy to lose sight of the bigger picture during the college admissions process, but Lizzie and her daughter offer a gentle reminder about maintaining perspective. "My daughter […]
Read More >Celebrate the decision
The day you decide where you're going to college is a big deal. No matter which colleges said yes, when you pick the school you'll be spending the next four years attending, that deserves some fanfare. And it's hard to imagine a family doing a better job than our student, Mike, and his parents do […]
Read More >Former Collegewise students and parents: We need you for our book!
This summer, we’re publishing our book tentatively titled “The Collegewise Way” to teach people how to do what you did—to successfully navigate the college admissions process, find the right schools, and actually have fun doing it. We’d love to include sidebars that feature you and your experiences, like… How you took charge of your applications […]
Read More >Know any new parents?
New parents aren’t typically the ones reading this blog. So if you have a friend, coworker, neighbor or any other acquaintance with a new baby in the house (or one on the way), please pass along this public service announcement about saving for college. Saving $50 a month (with a 7% return on investment) from […]
Read More >Notable alums come from all colleges
A good tip courtesy of Arun: Wikipedia’s write-ups about colleges usually list "notable alumni" for each school. It’s a good reminder that graduates of the least famous of colleges can go on to be CEOs, coaches, politicians, professors, scientists, published authors, actors, inventors, professional athletes, astronauts, entrepreneurs, news anchors and presidents of other colleges.
Read More >On colleges giving you connections
…I will argue until I die that good connections are NOT the result of going to a brand name college but are the result of energy applied at whatever college you do attend. All colleges have influential alums in many fields. If you devote some time and sweat to finding out who they are and […]
Read More >For juniors making college lists…
Admissions uncertainty makes a lot of applicants apply to schools they're not that excited about. They just feel better knowing there are at least a lot of applications out there. You’re probably not going to love every college on your list equally, but you should like every school on your list. Don’t apply to any […]
Read More >Where did top CEOs go to college?
Here are the colleges and universities where the CEOs of the top 10 Fortune 500 companies for 2011 earned their bachelor’s degrees (compiled from their respective companies’ websites). The full list of companies is here.
Read More >Less selective schools should create the story
I had my little rant last week how I wished the press would write stories this month about colleges that are accepting plenty of their applicants, instead of eagerly recycling the annual news that the nation’s most selective colleges got even more competitive this year. Then I learned that those less competitive schools don’t make […]
Read More >For seniors stinging from a college rejection
I always tell students and parents that there's a reason I have never met a college student who was still lamenting a rejection from what was once his or her dream school. College is, after all, a pretty fantastic place to be whether or not you're attending the place you were once sure was your […]
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