If you believe the press and admittedly this blog, there’s an epidemic of overparenting among the moms and dads of college-bound kids. Parents have gone off the deep end and made it their full-time jobs to run their kids’ lives and get them admitted to the most famous colleges. And all this overparenting or helicopter […]
Read More >Let’s talk about summer plans
One of the many ways college admissions has changed since most parents went to college is the focus on—and related pressure around—summer plans. Many students attend special programs (often with high price tags), take extra classes, volunteer, etc., often driven in part or in full by how those summer activities will strengthen their college applications. […]
Read More >Did you create the problem you need help to solve?
Years ago, I contracted a bookkeeper from a local accounting firm whose email auto signature read, “Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.” Setting aside the fact that it felt a little passive aggressive and unnecessary to send that message to literally every person she emailed, the point […]
Read More >When students protest
To speak out against legislative inaction on gun violence, students around the country are mobilizing themselves and their communities to participate in a school walkout on April 19. In the wake of those announcements, two opposing responses have gotten some press attention: 1. Some high schools are threatening to discipline or even suspend students who […]
Read More >Join us at our standardized testing webinar
It’s not just the perceived importance of scores, or even the associated preparation, that makes standardized tests such a source of stress in the college admissions process. It’s making decisions that should be simple, but aren’t. What tests should you take? When should you take them? Is there an advantage to taking the SAT over […]
Read More >Let them be kids
Two of the most prominent leaders of the charge against the arms race that has become college admissions are Julie Lythcott-Haims (author, parent, and former dean of freshmen at Stanford) and Lloyd Thacker of the Education Conservancy. They are both featured in this article, Reducing Student Stress: 6 Ways Parents Can Help High School Students, […]
Read More >Seeking motivation and responsibility?
When I write and speak about the stress the college admissions process causes families, I often hear from earnest parents who wish their student felt a little bit more of it. Some kids avoid the stress better than others. But some do it to the point of not engaging in the process. And that’s when […]
Read More >A few reminders if bad news arrives
I hope that seniors and their families who read this blog are receiving plenty of good admissions news these days. But if bad news arrives, here are a few past posts that might help you bounce back just a little faster. How to handle college rejections Treat rejections like break-ups Should you appeal a college […]
Read More >Intentionally incomplete
When you’re working on a project that can take days or even weeks—writing a research paper, studying for final exams, building a website, etc.—you might experience the onset of burnout overnight. You end your day, even one where you made a lot of project progress, but the next day, any momentum you had is gone. […]
Read More >Should you invite anonymous feedback?
I had a great conversation with a Collegewise employee yesterday about the potential value of anonymous feedback at work. If we provided a forum to invite our employees to share feedback without requiring them to attach a name to their thoughts, would that give a voice to people who might otherwise be reluctant to share […]
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