The stress is intense in the homes of high school seniors about now. Early application deadlines are fast approaching and most kids thought they would be much farther ahead at this point. Now they are faced with too much to do and too little time to do it. It might help to stop for a [read more] …
college applications
Inconvenience or Crisis?
Regardless of where during the year you schedule it, the college application is a bearcat – fraying nerves, straining tempers, and inducing headaches. There is a great deal riding on this presentation of your child’s life. There are an incredible number of moving pieces to keep track of. It is enough to make the bravest [read more] …
Less is More
As human beings, we all have an innate need to be heard, to be understood. We want others to “get” us. This desire becomes particularly acute when other people are making decisions about us that will impact our entire life without the benefit of ever actually meeting us. This is the crux of what [read more] …
Common Application Updates
Each year the Common Application (CA) increases its reach. There are now 700 colleges who accept it and last year there were 942,000 students from 210 countries who utilized it to submit over 4 million applications. Students averaged 4.7 applications each. The size and scope of this service is breathtaking. CA 2016-17 will launch on [read more] …
Choose a Life, Not a Checklist
I don’t believe that years ago colleges foresaw the negative implications of an application process that appears to focus on superhuman achievement. It can almost seem that AP classes need to start in grade school and that the kid should cure cancer before starting college applications. Thus, the agenda of things kids think they need [read more] …