It is August, the beginning of a new senior year, the culmination of everyone’s hard work and the launching point for the future. It can also be a time of major anxiety for parents and students alike. Instead of panic about the future, I encourage you to cultivate a joyful reflection of the past and [read more] …
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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] …
Is This Score Enough?
College applications are underway and many students across the country are trying for that last ACT or SAT score increase, hoping it will gain them a berth to a highly selective college. The pressure builds as families stake their hopes on trying to get past the malicious admissions officers who would keep their child out [read more] …
Do Something Your Friends Don’t
The first question most students ask me is how to make themselves stand out from the thousands of other kids who are applying to college. The answer is fairly simple. Do something your friends don’t. It is that easy and that difficult. Instead of participating in something your friend would, do something an adult would [read more] …
Context Matters
Students across the country are finishing up their junior year and will soon begin the college application process. They will only have an essay, 8-10 spaces for all their extracurricular activities, maybe a couple of short answer questions, plus recommendations from their counselor and teachers to explain who they are to colleges. So much has [read more] …