Some college admissions articles resonate so much with readers that many people forward them to me, and that was certainly true with the recent New York Times piece “Check This Box if You’re a Good Person.” But the article also struck a chord with the counselor community as a whole, both inside and outside of […]
Read More >TED talks for leaders
I haven’t yet watched all of Inc.’s 9 Best TED Talks to Help You Become a Better Leader, but if 1, 4, 6, 8, and 9 on the list are any indication of the quality, the entire list is worth a watch. And like so much to do with leadership, you don’t need a formal […]
Read More >Seek good certainty
I always remind seniors who are weighing their college options that some amount of uncertainty is normal. That’s the way that big decisions like a job offer to accept, a new city in which to live, and yes, a college to attend, work. You do as much research, thinking, and soul searching as you can. Then […]
Read More >The deep end of the waitlist discussion
Parke Muth is a former associate dean of admissions at University of Virginia and an independent college counselor. In his most recent blog post, he gives one of the frankest, most thorough discussions of the admissions waitlist—what it means, why colleges use them, and how to determine your odds of being moved to a yes. This […]
Read More >Sustainable givers
In a past post, I shared the most important lesson in Adam Grant’s wonderful book Give and Take: the “Givers,”—those who pay more attention to what other people need than what other people can offer them, who are generous with their time, energy, skills and ideas and want to share them with people who can […]
Read More >The training starts now
Parents of high school underclassmen, imagine if you spent the next year (or two years, or three years) feeding or even initiating your student’s desire to go to the senior prom with any member on the short list of the class’s most popular kids. Maybe if we get you the right clothes, she’ll be more likely […]
Read More >A different March Madness
The folks at Challenge Success just released their spring newsletter, which includes an archived piece, March Madness, from co-founder Madeline Levine about how to create a supportive environment for students who have received college rejections. And I particularly appreciated this advice: “Instead of crying over rejections, we should be celebrating acceptances with our kids in […]
Read More >Make things happen
Susan Cain’s recent New York Times piece calls attention to “the glorification of leadership skills, especially in college admissions,” something that leaves many kids “jockeying for leadership positions as résumé padders.” She proposes at the end of the article: “What if we said to college applicants that the qualities we’re looking for are not leadership skills, […]
Read More >Writing before meeting
If you’re an executive at Amazon and you want to pitch a new idea to your colleagues, you’ll have some writing—and they’ll have some reading—to do. Here’s what often happens in your typical meeting. Someone has an idea, maybe one they haven’t taken all that much time to think through, and they share it with […]
Read More >Five examples parents can set for teens
One of my college planning themes is that parents are always on stage. Your kids are learning from your behaviors even if you aren’t intending for those behaviors to be teaching moments. And beyond the obvious ones like “Don’t lie, cheat or steal” and “Be nice to people,” there are plenty of opportunities for parents […]
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