In many social circles, pressure surrounding college admissions causes a pervasive negativity. Lamenting weaknesses rather than leveraging strengths, bemoaning the selectivity of one school instead of celebrating the accessibility of so many others, treating the journey like an escalating arms race instead of an exciting time in a student’s life—it’s no wonder so many families […]
Read More >Interested in creating a podcast?
High school students, would you be interested in an internship that culminates with you creating your own 30-episode podcast about a topic you care about? If so, consider applying to Seth Godin’s summer internship, “The Podcast Fellowship.” It’s designed for college students, but I don’t see why that should stop you from applying. Take a […]
Read More >Is that your best and final financial aid package?
If you’re a parent of an applicant receiving their admission offers, and the attached financial aid packages, you may have heard that your financial aid award might not be the college’s best and final offer. It’s possible to appeal your financial package and to secure yourself even more aid. But given how many families choose […]
Read More >To do better work in less time, stop multitasking
Eric Barker’s latest post, “This Is How To Increase Your Attention Span: 5 Secrets From Neuroscience,” shares key findings described in The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World. Here are three worth paying attention to, particularly if you’re a student or adult looking to do better work in less time. People who think they are […]
Read More >Feelings fade, but the internet doesn’t
Yesterday, a student who had been denied from a highly selective college responded by tweeting at the school’s dean of admissions, hurling rage and insults at him that depending on your interpretation were at best offensive and at worst racist (the icing on the Twitter cake was that the post was also rife with spelling […]
Read More >No one prescribed path to success
William Stixrud is a clinical neuropsychologist, a faculty member at Children’s National Medical Center and George Washington University Medical School, and the co-author of The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives. And while I take small issue with the title (more on that in a minute), […]
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Just about every college in the country will tell applicants that high school course selection is one of the most important factors in determining admissibility to college. But how many AP or honors classes should you take? Is it important to take four years of science, language, or math? And what if you’re debating between […]
Read More >Give better feedback in just 19 words?
Dan Pink literally wrote the book on motivation. And he shares some easy-to-follow advice in this 90-second video, “How to give better feedback in just 19 words.” And here’s a past post with some Pink advice on how to praise kids effectively.
Read More >Financial aid and divorced parents
Some of the most common questions parents ask during our financial aid seminars are around divorce. Are both parents responsible to pay for college? How will schools evaluate financial need if a parent refuses to contribute? Do responsibilities change if a parent remarries? If you’ve got similar questions, Mark Kantrowitz delivers a good primer on […]
Read More >What’s left in, and what’s left out
The Gallup Organization broke new ground when they released First, Break all the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently. Rather than set out to prove a management hypothesis, their researches spent a decade interviewing employees and managers to seek data-driven proof of what the world’s greatest managers had in common. And the most […]
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