Imagine a friend told you: “Six months ago, I started training for a triathlon, I launched my own business, and I enrolled in a class to help me overcome my fear of public speaking.” You’d probably express your interest or even excitement on their behalf. But your natural response would also almost certainly involve the […]
Read More >Collegewise is hiring: Head of Sales
After running Collegewise for 18 years without a dedicated sales team, the decision to finally install one in 2017 felt like a long-overdue first step, the chance to begin our journey towards sales done the Collegewise way. It worked. Today, we have a remarkable sales force driven by a sincere desire to help, a crew we’re proud […]
Read More >Less is not more
To get more done, do less. To get people to listen, talk less. To get people to read what you write, write less. And please do the same with your college applications. In their understandable eagerness to stand out, too many students want to inject more, more, more into their applications. They attach additional essays, […]
Read More >The answers we don’t like
Every parent has experienced some version of the transformation that takes place when your child decides they don’t like your answer to one of their questions. They ask for the ice cream or the video or the new toy, and when the “no” comes back from the parent, the response can range from a toddler-like […]
Read More >The choices are all yours
Height is decided for you. Whether you view yours as a gift, a curse, or an unremarkable trait, your DNA has already made its decision. You get no say. But punctuality, reliability, empathy, honesty, flexibility, respect, effort, trust, curiosity, initiative, passion… Those are choices we all get to make. Some of us may have more […]
Read More >More than just words
Our hiring process at Collegewise is a good reminder of what it must be like for admissions officers at many colleges to read applications. We receive hundreds of applications for open positions at Collegewise. And every one of them is read by a human. But for an applicant to progress to the next round of evaluation, […]
Read More >The cost of just applying
I’ve made the hyperbolic joke in front of audiences that the result will be predictable if you apply to Harvard with a 1.0 GPA, an SAT score of -120, and a misdemeanor conviction for attempting to flood your school hallways with lizard spit. Harvard will deny you, but they will happily accept your $75 application fee to […]
Read More >Self-induced
From the University of Virginia’s Twitter feed (for reference, the maximum score on these tests is 800): The obsession with standardized test scores, the unnecessary parental pushing, the phone call coming from the parent rather than the student—it encapsulates the reality that much of the anxiety and pressure families find in this process is self-induced.
Read More >The right formula?
The American Academy of Pediatrics published a clinical report on the impact of organized sports on children, preadolescents, and adolescents. The study found that what makes sports enjoyable for kids is not the winning, but rather, “trying hard, making progress, being a good sport, and experiencing positive coaching.” The report is here, and a summary in […]
Read More >Greatness isn’t reserved
Jay Matthews, venerable and semi-retired education writer at the Washington Post, still resurfaces occasionally and adds his wise thoughts to calm college admissions mania, this time to remind us all about a young filmmaker who was denied from both USC and UCLA’s film schools, enrolled at Cal State Long Beach, and went on to become […]
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