When someone breaks up with you, you have two options. 1. You can enter an extended period of mourning. You can blame yourself and say you weren't pretty enough or smart enough or fun enough. You can wallow, shun other potential dates, and remain convinced that you'll never find love again. 2. Or you can […]
Read More >What’s your story?
I was meeting with a Collegewise family once when the student revealed that his now bald father had an afro back in college. The dad held his hands six inches from his head and said, "It was out to here." As the student sat there giggling, I told the father how hard that was for […]
Read More >Burgers and shakes for the parent’s soul
To really experience college, I think you need to pull at least one all-nighter. I look back at my college life and marvel at the things I could do back then, like play intramural basketball at midnight, live on pasta and canned sauce, and stay up all night writing my six-page paper for “English 201: […]
Read More >Thoughts for parents about college costs
One of the difficult parts about researching colleges is that kids have to apply without parents knowing what it is actually going to cost. You know the listed price (tuition, room and board, etc.), but you don't know how much financial aid you receive until you are actually admitted to the school. So how can […]
Read More >Life changers…
I've made a living doing public speaking almost since the day I graduated from college. But I never knew I was any good at it until that one day in college when I ran for an office in my fraternity and we had to get up and give a speech. I learned something about myself […]
Read More >Five college search tips for juniors and their parents
This is the time of year when a lot of juniors (and their parents) start getting serious about the college search. That's a good thing; choosing where you apply to college is a big decision and it's not one that should be put off until the fall application season. To help your family enjoy it […]
Read More >On College Visits, Just See What You Want to See
I visited Notre Dame once and I only wanted to see one thing–Notre Dame Stadium. I didn't take a tour or hear the information session or sit in a class. I just wanted to see "The House that Rockne Built." Sure, it's possible that I had to squeeze through an opening in a locked gate […]
Read More >How to compare financial aid awards
Comparing financial aid awards from colleges isn't as easy as asking, "Who's giving us the most money?" We've met more than one family who admitted to being swept up by the total figure in the financial aid award letter they received along with an offer of admission from a college. When a college says that […]
Read More >Adding up…
When I was at the grocery store this afternoon, a group of four college guys were stocking up for what appeared to be a college roommate barbecue–hot dogs, buns, charcoal, chips, generic brand ketchup and mustard, and of course, (very) cheap beer. When the elected accountant of the group did a rough calculation and told […]
Read More >Your best academic experience?
The best academic experience I ever had was my eighth grade science class. It was better than any class I ever took in high school or college, and it was almost entirely due to the teacher, Mr. Schmidt. I’d never been a science guy, but I loved that he could make everything from introductory physics […]
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