In the past week I’ve met three new students who told me they were no longer involved in extracurricular activities because they had committed all their time to one thing which didn’t work out. “Susan” played competitive softball. She was on the school’s varsity team and a competitive select club team. Last fall an injury [...]
This week I was driving with my two kids in the car. My six-year-old son turns to his big sister out of the blue and says, “I have more points that you could ever have on Disney games!” This sounded like the start of a fight. They’ve been home all summer and are beginning to [...]
My son is applying to a bunch of state schools in Texas, but Texas A&M is his top choice. He is not in the top 10%, so won’t be automatically admitted. He wants to apply to engineering, but it is so competitive at A&M. Would he be better off listing his first choice major [...]
The College Board website is a great tool for families. Of course College Board is home to everything SAT, but you can also find some great college planning tools if you know where to look. In this short video, I’ll walk you through the “College Search” feature which allows students to enter their college search criteria [...]
My daughter attends a very competitive high school. Do admissions officers know each high school relatively well? Will they know how hard it is to be in the top quarter at her school? Yes, admissions officers try their best to be familiar with each and every high school in their assigned area; however, you [...]
I’m just curious. Why would a student want to work with you on their college essay? I don’t mean this in a negative way, but our high school has students do their essays in Senior English class. Isn’t that enough? I just don’t understand why the application would be that difficult. For those of us [...]
