The words students use on college essays, short answer questions and quick single word answers within the college application are extremely revealing. Which, of course, is why they were asked in the first place. Students (and homeschool parents serving as counselors) can unwittingly drive a nail in the coffin of a college application by the [read more] …
An Essay that Delights
I’ve read thousands of college essays as a consultant. Admissions Officers have read hundreds of thousands. They play an important role as a university decides who will be admitted to the next freshman class, yet the sheer number of essays that must be processed annually make it challenging for the reader and for the [read more] …
Finding a Balance
As students reach upper high school, parents suddenly find themselves in a quandary. What should be required of this almost-adult family member who seemingly has too much to do and not enough time to do it? We don’t want to jeopardize their future academically, yet we don’t want to raise self-centered snobs, either. When time [read more] …
Choices Now Determine Options Later
Regardless of our age, the choices we make today govern the opportunities we will have available to us in the future. Do we accept that difficult new project at work that will require us to learn a new programming language or do we fall back to the old and familiar? Do we undertake that volunteer [read more] …
Managing the Senior Year
If your student has just started their senior year and summer has been busy, you have likely found yourself in the situation of staring down the gun barrel of college applications. It is the time of year that parents begin to panic and kids wonder where the time will come from to actually write essays [read more] …
The Critical Importance of a Mother’s Self-Confidence
I had a robust self-esteem from early childhood. Surrounded by family, grandparents and great grandparents, I knew I was treasured. I was a good student in my less than rigorous high school. I was a standout in my extracurricular activities as a big fish in a very small pond. I left that cozy environment, yet [read more] …
The Art of Being Interested
It is a thing that must be trained, this art of being interested in others. It’s amazing what a person can learn about the world by merely asking heartfelt questions of those around them. Our children will normally follow our example and learn how to shift the focus from SELF to a true appreciation and [read more] …
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