Here’s my crazy idea of the month for high school counselors. It will let you get all the necessary information to your students and parents faster, cheaper and more effectively. And since most high school counselors have way too much work to do and not enough time to do it, this might actually add some […]
Read More >“It’s a good school.”
"It's a good school." That's got to be just about one of the most banal (yep, somebody's bringing out an SAT word!) reasons you can give for being interested in a college. Don't tell a college that you're applying because, "It's a good school." When your college interviewer asks you what got you interested in […]
Read More >Don’t rely on “who you know”
Chuck Norris once cut me off in traffic. Seriously. He was polite and waived a sign of apology. And we all know that if Chuck Norris cuts you off, you'd better thank your lucky stars it wasn't the other way around. Still, I'm not about to tell you that I know Chuck Norris. Never […]
Read More >Place your bets
For colleges, selecting a freshmen class is a lot like betting on horses. As anyone who’s spent time at a racetrack will tell you, it’s hard to pick the winners. A horse can have the best trainers, the right physical attributes, and a 26-pound jockey who can get a horse to deal blackjack, but still […]
Read More >Five college visit tips
For many high school students and parents I meet, the idea of visiting colleges feels more like a homework assignment than it does an adventure. They feel pressure to visit ALL the colleges they’re interested in, to turn every visit into an intense fact-finding mission, and to do all of it while the colleges are […]
Read More >Is it true that, “It never hurts to ask”?
"It never hurts to ask." I'm not so sure that's true. I think whether or not it hurts to ask depends on the question, and even more importantly, it depends on the way you ask. Imagine you approach your teacher ten days before college application deadlines and blurt out, "Can you write me a letter […]
Read More >How to not take “no” for an answer
I was at the video store over the weekend and overheard a teenager inquiring about a job. Here's how the conversation went. Teenager (to sales clerk): "Hi, can you tell me how old you have to be to work here?" Sales clerk: "Yeah, you have to be eighteen." Teenager: "Oh, OK. Do you know if […]
Read More >Five nice things high school kids can do for their parents
It's hard for teachers, counselors and colleges not to like a kid who's nice to his parents. And it's impossible for a parent not to be moved by their own kid's thoughtful gesture. If you're looking for ways to be an even better son or daughter, here are a few simple things that every parent […]
Read More >On giving more to your kids than you had…
The unpublished law of parenting is that you should want your kids to have more than you had. It's a good law, one that makes parents work hard and sacrifice for the betterment of their children. But this law causes a lot of problems when it comes to kids applying to college today. A generation […]
Read More >The power of enthusiasm
Have you ever been to a store where the workers seem genuinely happy to be there (Trader Joe's and In-n-Out Burger come to mind)? Those employees make your customer experience that much better. Have you ever taken a class where the teacher obviously loves the subject? Her passion makes the material that much more […]
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