I've often recommended to our Collegewise parents that rather than hire tutors for their kids' weakest subject, why not hire one for their strongest? Working to maximize a natural strength is always more rewarding than grinding through a weakness is. And kids who spend all their time working to fix their academic flaws don't have […]
Read More >How to improve your admissions chances AFTER you apply
Seniors can still do a lot to improve your chances of admission even after you submit your applications. That's the topic of our next College Admissions Live, our free online show How to Make a Great Last Impression:Improving your Chances of Admission After You Apply With Kevin McMullin of Collegewise and Arun Ponnusamy of Open […]
Read More >What you do vs. where you go
From Tuesday's New York Times The key to success in college and beyond has more to do with what students do with their time during college than where they choose to attend. A long-term study of 6,335 college graduates published by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that graduating from a college where entering […]
Read More >Updates on financial aid resources
Former high school counselor and continuing fellow inhaler of college admissions information, Cyndy, sent me this site. I haven't tried it myself, but Cyndy has found it to be an "amazing resource" that she wishes was available when she was still counseling kids. And I've recommended the book Paying for College Without Going Broke here […]
Read More >A better way to give feeedback
A lot of meetings go like this: Someone proposes an idea. The group weighs in with feedback during which time certain people can always be counted on to criticize, refute, and give every reason why the idea won't work. Whether you're a student in the Spanish Club, a counselor at a faculty meeting, or a […]
Read More >If your son or daughter resists the college search
Jay Mathews has a great way of helping parents relax. He'll remind you that teens are going to do things like pick colleges based on how good looking the students are, and he'll make you feel OK that your son or daughter is doing the same. And yet he somehow manages to say things like […]
Read More >Start here with your financial aid questions
I've shared the site finaid.org here before as a treasure trove of great financial aid information. But this is one of those sites with so much information that it would be easy to spend a lot of time there and still overlook a tool or article that might have been exactly what you needed. Thankfully, […]
Read More >Five tools for private counselors
If you're just starting a private counseling business or if you already have one that you're always looking to improve, here a couple tools we use that we've found particularly helpful. I thought sharing what we've found works might spread the good word about some good products. 1. Quickbooks Quickbooks makes accounting easy. You can […]
Read More >Five ways to make a great impression on college interviewers before you meet them
You start to make an impression on your college interviewer before you ever sit down and answer your first question. Here are five ways to make that impression a good one. 1. Relax. A lot of students panic when their interviewer first contacts them to schedule the interview. Relax. Nerves ruin conversations. And you're not […]
Read More >Thanksgiving…college style
If you're a high school student or the parent of one, Thanksgiving will be a lot different someday. When kids are in high school and they see their families every day, Thanksgiving can seem like just another holiday. But Turkey Day is a big deal for college kids. It means heading home to fill up […]
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