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] …
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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] …
Wrestling with Context
There is little in life that can be properly understood without context. Whether our first grader is learning to figure out the meaning of words based on what else is in the paragraph or our senior is grappling with a Shakespearian passage, they must look at what else is given to make sense of the [read more] …
College Supplements – Final Thread in the Tapestry
College applications are an intriguing web of interrelated threads, each highlighting a part of the story, yet all weaving together if the final product is to be cohesive and beautiful. Your student is given opportunities to show multiple dimensions of their lives via their personal statement as well as the Honors and Activities section. Recommenders [read more] …
College Myths
There are many legends that parents hold dear when they are contemplating their child’s educational future. These stories comfort in unsure seasons and allow us to gloss over troubling aspects of our child’s profile. Here are a few that I deal with on a routine basis: If our child accomplishes the right scores on [read more] …