I’m at a 3-day business and marketing seminar this week. It’s expensive, so much so that I had my reservations about enrolling. So I’m going to do my part to make sure the money is worth it for me. Before I left, I thought about what I wanted to learn and take away from it. […]
Read More >“I’m the only kid at my school who…”
I was a good—but far from great—soccer player in high school. Two guys on my team played on our state select team and got full rides to colleges and I definitely wasn’t one of them. But I was the only guy on the team who also played in an adult men’s league with a team […]
Read More >For private counselors: A faster way to get your website up and running
Collegewise was in business for five years (1999-2004) before we ever had a website. It was too much money to hire a designer to do it. It would take too much time to write the content and approve the layout and test it. And (ironically), we just had too many students to focus properly on […]
Read More >Coming soon: Our book, The Collegewise Way
I just finished the first draft of our next book. It's tentatively titled "The Collegewise Way" and will share the most important things we've learned about college planning over the last 12 years. We're aiming for a release in late January. If you'd like us to let you know when it's ready, you can sign […]
Read More >If you were in charge…
If you were in charge of your club, part-time job, school newspaper, etc., what would you do differently? Maybe you’d have fewer meetings, try a different fundraiser, or do more to recruit new members. Maybe you’d rearrange the stock at the store to make it easier for employees to take inventory, let customers know about […]
Read More >What you leave out
During live performances, most bands play their best songs. Any tunes they just don’t play as well don’t make the set list—they get left out. When a chef opens a restaurant, she doesn’t serve a sampling of everything she’s ever cooked. She puts her best dishes on the menu and lets those speak for her. […]
Read More >Make time to sleep on it
A lot of things you work on don’t look as good to you the next morning as they did the night before when you finished them. The essay you wrote for English class the night before might not feel like your best work the next day. Your college application, the project you’re working on in […]
Read More >For parents: Don’t make everything about college
It’s possible for kids to be too focused on getting into college. It’s good to encourage kids to care about their college futures. But if that focus leads them to make every decision in high school based on how it will look to colleges, they’re trying to game the system rather than follow their own […]
Read More >Keep your proof
It’s only happened a few times, but there have been occasions when a college told one of our Collegewise students, “We're sorry, but we never received an application from you.” And there has rarely been a time when it felt better to say, “Yes, you did—I’ve got the proof right here.” Admissions offices are processing […]
Read More >An easy way to get an advantage
1. Show up on time. 2. Arrive with a smile on your face. College interviews, job interviews, meetings with your counselor to discuss your classes for next year, dates, volleyball practice, auditions for the school play—it works everywhere. It positively influences everything that happens next. It’s free. It’s easy. It’s available to students with any […]
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