I want to rent a house for a vacation this spring, and I found what looks to be a perfect one on a vacation rental site. It said to contact the owner for availability, so I sent him an email. I won’t bore you with all the minutiae of what’s happened since then, but every […]
Read More >Two college planning principles for parents
Almost all the advice I give to our Collegewise parents about navigating the college admissions process with their kids falls under one of these two principles: 1. Remember that you aren’t applying to college—your kid is. Some parents respond to the stresses of the college admissions process by taking it all on themselves. But this […]
Read More >Work hard to be missed
Which is more important—to be the scoring leader on the basketball team or to be the kind of player your teammates and coaches will miss when you graduate? Of course, it’s great if you can be both. But if given the choice, I think it’s better to be the kind of player who will be […]
Read More >When email is your introduction
I got an angry note once from someone who’d applied for a job as editor at Collegewise and was “shocked and dismayed” that we hadn’t invited her to interview. There were several reasons we’d passed on her, and one of them was the way she’d introduced herself to us in her email: “attached please find […]
Read More >Three mistakes college applicants must avoid this month
Seniors, while you’re awaiting the last of the decisions to arrive from your colleges, don’t make any of these common mistakes: 1. Neglect to send a midyear report to a college that requires one. 2. Forget to send your required financial aid paperwork (most deadlines will be before March 1). 3. Ignore an email or […]
Read More >Do you really have until May 1 to decide?
Students accepted for fall admission are supposed to have until May 1 to decide between the colleges that accepted them (unless you were admitted under a binding early decision program). And yet some colleges seem to imply in their acceptance letters that waiting until that date could leave you shut out of housing options, classes, […]
Read More >Send a good message by taking notes
Taking notes in class isn’t just good common study sense. It also demonstrates that you’re bringing some effort of your own to this exchange. It shows that you’re paying attention and that you care about what your teacher has to say. That’s a powerful message to send, one that you might not want to reserve […]
Read More >What’s your academic story?
Here are three things colleges don’t need to read about in a letter of recommendation from your teacher: 1. The grade you earned in the class.It’s helpful for a college to learn about your level of achievement relative to the other students in class, but colleges have your transcript. So they don’t need a letter […]
Read More >Don’t renew your vows
If you’re planning college visits this spring, here’s a tip—don’t visit your dream schools. A lot of students make collegiate pilgrimages to visit their dream schools, which all too often are those schools most likely to reject them. Then they come away even more in love than they were before. If you’ve loved Duke since […]
Read More >No FAFSA regrets
It’s hard to imagine a worse college admissions regret than wishing you’d taken the time to apply for financial aid, especially if that regret comes in the face of not being able to afford your chosen college. Don’t make excuses. Don’t assume you won’t qualify or worry that asking for aid will negatively impact your […]
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