I have long advocated keeping as many doors open as possible as our child progresses through high school. If we don’t keep a clear picture of the end result of these four years, we can have omissions in our student’s profile that will close the door to some types of majors and certain colleges. Classes [read more] …
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Tinkerbell Doesn’t Live Here
I have to confess a love of well-told stories that centers on the kind works of fairies, tomptens, and other small helpers who take care of a household when the humans are sleeping. But, no matter how much I enjoy the story, real life has a very different reality. Tinkerbell doesn’t live here. I find [read more] …
Fail Harder!
In today’s culture of snowplow parenting where all obstacles are pushed out of the way of kids, I would like to talk about a radically different concept that is so old it is new. In fact, my paradigm demands the opposite. I believe in intentionally putting obstacles smack dab in the middle of the way [read more] …
How Much is Enough?
As a college consultant I get many questions that contain the word “enough.” • Do we have enough volunteer service hours? • Do we have enough English classes? • Do we have enough AP courses? • Do we have enough SAT Subject tests? • Do we have enough on the resume? • Do we have [read more] …
An Engagement Mindset
With the breaking scandal of parents paying large sums of money to secure illegal entrance for their children to top colleges, this last month has put a black eye on the whole college admissions process in the US. We can, and should, be outraged. However, I think it is a logical outcome for a country [read more] …
First Things First
For most families, it can be a difficult thing to narrow the list of colleges to apply to. But long before that decision is made, it is imperative to spend a great deal of time thinking about: how your student is wired (their personality, strengths, weaknesses, and risk tolerance) what the student [read more] …
Which Path?
So much of life boils down to choices as Poet Robert Frost so eloquently showed us in “The Road Not Taken.” When two roads diverge into a yellow wood, the one we pick will shape us and usually preclude ever coming back and picking the other. When we make this choice for ourselves, we have [read more] …