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] …
college applications
Stressed Out Moms
During college application season, students just think they are the most stressed member of the family. If the truth be known, it is usually the moms, especially those who’ve homeschooled. It seems there is so much riding on the outcome: our child’s future career and earning potential, their happiness and well-being and, to be brutally [read more] …
How to Handle the Additional Information Section
Many people get to the last of the Common Application’s main section and see the burgundy title: Additional Information. It invites applicants to provide details of circumstances or qualifications not reflected in the application (emphasis mine). The first reaction is to try to upload a resume, cram in more details, or over explain what is [read more] …
Early is Not Necessarily Better
We are bumping up against Early Action/Early Decision deadlines for college applications and families around the country are in panic mode as they believe the only chance their child has at selective schools is to apply Early. This is honestly not the case and I’d like to dispel some of the myths surrounding this decision [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] …