This query usually surprises students when it appears during a college interview or on a college application. While it appears to be a fairly trivial inquiry, it is a loaded question. You see, how we spend our time when we have the freedom to make a choice provides great insight. Your answer speaks volumes about [read more] …
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Do You Know How to Interview? Pt. 2
Do You Know How to Interview? Part 2 By Jeannette Webb Last time we looked at how to help younger children learn communication skills that will, in time, help them be better interviewers. Now we turn our focus to students at the cusp of college interviews. Know Thyself Before ever walking into the interview, you [read more] …
Do You Know How to Tell Your Story to Colleges?
The college application season is upon us. Through the years as I’ve worked with students as a college consultant, I never fail to be amazed at what wonderful people they are. They are each so unique and have done interesting things. Yet, as I look over the list of activities they initially send to me [read more] …
Summer Plans Affect College Admissions (Part 2) – Learning How to Work
Rogers and Hammerstein immortalized the windswept plains of Oklahoma. It was a brutal existence for the early pioneers. It is still a hard land for those trying to wrest a living from the soil. It was in that crucible that my children learned to work. My daughter tells the story best in these excerpts from [read more] …