The Coronavirus has turned the world sideways and all of us are now forced to operate in unfamiliar territory. Long anticipated events will not happen or will be put on hold. Important college entrance tests are being canceled. Summer opportunities are evaporating. Shortages can impact our way of living. Having been through multiple crises as [read more] …
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Career Questions and College Applications
The summer after the junior year in high school may be the first time that students have wrestled with which major they will declare on those looming college applications. While that choice will most likely change once they are in college, this is certainly the time to think hard about what the future might look [read more] …
Fail Harder!
In today’s culture of snowplow parenting where all obstacles are pushed out of the way of kids, I would like to talk about a radically different concept that is so old it is new. In fact, my paradigm demands the opposite. I believe in intentionally putting obstacles smack dab in the middle of the way [read more] …
How Much is Enough?
As a college consultant I get many questions that contain the word “enough.” • Do we have enough volunteer service hours? • Do we have enough English classes? • Do we have enough AP courses? • Do we have enough SAT Subject tests? • Do we have enough on the resume? • Do we have [read more] …
Which Path?
So much of life boils down to choices as Poet Robert Frost so eloquently showed us in “The Road Not Taken.” When two roads diverge into a yellow wood, the one we pick will shape us and usually preclude ever coming back and picking the other. When we make this choice for ourselves, we have [read more] …