Students, you’ve still got some summer left to enjoy before you dive back into school. But if you’re starting to think about goals for this year, consider focusing less on measures of your performance, like “I want to get a 4.0 GPA,” and more on measures of your effort, behavior, health, or character. Here are […]
Read More >Five tips to presenting well online
For students applying to college—and even more so for adults navigating the professional world—interactions are increasingly taking place online. You might be interviewed over Skype. You might be asked to create a video to share more about yourself. You might participate in meetings or deliver a webinar or present your new proposal to a team. […]
Read More >Thank them now, and thank them later
Adam Grant’s recent advice shared on his Twitter feed really resonated with me for a number of reasons. It’s a nice (and easy) thing to do. It feels less like a transaction when you care enough to reconnect. A mentor should know when their good advice followed in the moment builds in value over time. […]
Read More >Give me just 60 minutes, and you’ll give colleges better essays
It’s last call for my college essay webinar happening on Tuesday, August 7, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. PST. All the information and the form to register are here. I advise students to be both proud of and clear about their strengths and achievements when applying to college, so let me take some of […]
Read More >Three paths
Most students are somewhere on one of three paths when they choose their colleges. I know what I want to do with my life, and college is the path that will help me get there. I have some idea of what I want to do with my life, and I’d like to use my time […]
Read More >Is it time to make a different choice?
The New York Times ran a story this week entitled “Considering College? Maybe You Should Invest in a Coach,” which elicited reactions ranging from eye-rolling to blood boiling among the Collegewise crew. I won’t share the link here because a story like this is part of the problem that so many of us at Collegewise […]
Read More >Define your own “early”
A high school counselor shared a Tweet from one of his students today that addressed the “100 colleges” that had emailed her on August 1 to let her know the Common App was live. Her message to them: “I know it’s live. Please just let me be.” I’ve definitely pounded the drum here about starting […]
Read More >If you haven’t saved enough for college
A few weeks ago I shared Mark Kantrowitz’s advice about how much to save for college, but paired it with some of my own for families who hadn’t started saving as soon as they would have liked. Today, Kantrowitz returns with his own follow-up for later-starting-savers, and his piece can be found here. There’s some overlap […]
Read More >Change makers
My number came up for jury duty this week. Anyone who’s gotten this particular call to serve knows that it begins with shuffling everyone scheduled to report that day into one large room for an overview of what to expect. Greg, our clerk, has the unenviable job of beginning his day by facing a room […]
Read More >Put your name on it
Homework assignments, exams, and yes, college applications—you can’t submit them without attaching your name. You’re claiming ownership and saying, “I did this.” And there will be a record of your work that you’ll have to stand beside no matter the outcome. What if you had to do that with everything? Your boss asks you to […]
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