Any senior who's planning to write college essays this fall should stop and read Parke Muth's "Writing The Essay: Sound Advice from an Expert." In fact, his analogy comparing boring essays to Big Macs is so good that I actually started to resent him a teeny bit because I didn't come up with it myself. […]
Read More >A website with some merit
I learned about what looks to be a great resource for high school kids today, www.meritaid.com. The vast majority of merit-based scholarships come from the colleges themselves (as opposed to outside scholarships that come from companies, organizations, private donors, etc.). And this website seems to be culling that information together so that a student can […]
Read More >College applications with personality, and a side of bacon
After a recent seminar I did for Collegewise families, one parent who filled out an evaluation answered the question, "Are there any other comments you'd like to share with us?" like this… "I like bacon." I don't know who wrote it (the evaluations are anonymous), but I like that parent already. This was probably a […]
Read More >Not-So-Shameless Plugging
I did a financial aid seminar for families last weekend and as I revealed to them, I first learned a lot of the information I shared from "Paying for College Without Going Broke." It helped me make sense of the financial aid process, and I was an English and history major in college who has […]
Read More >Rule of High School?
Seth Godin, a business book author whose blog I read, published this post comparing the business world to high school. Here's an excerpt I thought kids should see. "Any sufficiently overheated industry will eventually resemble high school. High school is filled with insecurity, social climbing, backbiting, false friends, faux achievements, high drama and not much […]
Read More >A Treasure Trove of Financial Aid Info
You can find one at www.fineaid.org. If you're a senior or a parent of a senior, pay special attention to the section "Financial Aid Applications" where they demystify the paperwork.
Read More >(US News) Rankings Have No Place in College Football
Are you ready for some football? USC is playing Notre Dame today, a bitter rivalry with Trojans and leprechauns facing off. It's homecoming weekend at Penn State where the forecast is 30 degrees and snowing, but I promise you the Nittany Lion fans will be out there in full force, as will their legendary coach, […]
Read More >Wanted: Thoughtful and Deliberate College Applicants
The National Association for College Admissions Consulting just completed a survey that confirms that 90% of colleges have reported an increase in financial aid applications. That's not surprising given the downturn in the economy. And with every piece of bad news about increasing levels of competition and decreasing availability of financial aid, a lot of […]
Read More >Just show up
Last night, we held our third and final Senior Parent Back to School Night at Collegewise. In total, nearly 70 parents joined us over the span of those three nights to hear the updates on our work with their kids, to spend a little time with their Collegewise counselors, and to make sure they were […]
Read More >College essays need personality (and some guts)
I did an essay workshop at a local high school today, at the end of which, a senior approached me a question. He was debating between two stories to write in his essays and wasn't sure which one was the best choice, so I asked him to describe both to me. The first story was […]
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