I'm hitting the road this spring to deliver my college essay workshop for counselors at the following NACAC affiliate conferences: Texas 4/3 – 4/5Missouri 4/10 – 4-12Ohio 4/10 – 4/12Iowa 5/15 – 5/17Minnesota 5/15 – 5/16*Pacific Northwest 5/18 – 5/20Wisconsin 5/19 – 5/20New York 6/7 – 6/10New England 6/8 – 6/10 *This one will feature Katie Konrad […]
Read More >Nobody ever regrets having college choices
I've never heard a student say, "I wish I didn't have this many college options." But I have heard students without those options say, "I wish I hadn't applied to so many reach schools." I'm not saying you should aim consistently low. Take shots at your dream schools so you'll never have to wonder. But […]
Read More >Be thankful for what you received
If you're a senior (or the parent of one) who recently found out you: 1) Got wait listed… 2) Were offered admission, but in the spring…. 3) Received financial aid, but not as much as you would like… …it's easy to get angry. You might be inclined to write or call the college and cry […]
Read More >Lessons learned from the recession
Like a lot of businesses, we're finally starting to feel like we've successfully survived the recession. Our business is growing and we feel good about our future. But there's an opportunity now for us to take a hard look at what we got both right and wrong during the tough times of the last 2 […]
Read More >What teenagers can learn from a forty year old
I turned 40 last weekend. And in what had to be one of the best nights of my life, I got to celebrate with pretty much every person who's important to me. Seeing all those great friends, taking stock of my life at 40 and how it's shaped up, reminded me of something every high […]
Read More >How to find bright spots
Let’s say your kid comes home one day and shows you this report card. Anything jump out at you? Well, if you’re like most parents, all you really see is this. And you’d hire a tutor, and your kid would be grounded, and they can kiss their Wii goodbye. This thought experiment comes from […]
Read More >How successful people handle rejection
Steve Jobs is Apple's visionary CEO. Without him, there'd be no iPhone. No iPad. Nothing on which to use all those apps. Jobs also knows a little something about rejection. Back when he was 30, Apple's board of directors fired him. And Jobs admits that he was devastated. But here's his take on it: I […]
Read More >Little brothers and sisters get it right
I was at a restaurant last night and saw a little kid, maybe eight years old, waiting with his family to be seated. He was wearing a "UCR" sweatshirt. Hostess to the kid: "What's that? UC Riverside?" Little kid (smiling): "Yeah. My brother goes to college there." Little brothers and sisters will proudly wear the […]
Read More >Teaching college essays in the classroom
A lot of well-meaning English teachers assign a college essay in the spring of the junior year. It’s great planning in theory because it lets students complete an essay well in advance of applications. But in practice, most students won’t take it as seriously as they should. Until the application deadline is facing them, the […]
Read More >Become more impressive by doing less
Some of the most impressive students become that way because they consciously chose to do less–to focus only on a few things at a time so they can really excel. Cal Newport's post today tells the story Nicholas A. DiBerardino, a senior at Princeton who was just named a Rhodes Scholar. According to his bio […]
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