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College Applications: The Restaurant Analogy
“A dark horse, which had never been thought of, rushed past the grand stand to sweeping triumph.” – Benjamin Disraeli. In this post, I offer a template to help your high school student strategically...
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Public vs. Private Universities or Liberal Arts Colleges
“A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.” – Francis Bacon. As a college consultant, I ask clients in our first meeting if they wish to consider public or private universities or liberal arts...
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How College Students Can Build their Careers over Winter Break
“Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.” –Peter Drucker. Your college student has finished fall finals and is coming home for...
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College Transfers: Why or Why Not?
“There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.” – Winston Churchill. Your college freshman is finally home for winter break. He or she seems happy to be home, but not so eager to...
View ArticleFirst “College List” Question: Private versus Public University
It’s no secret that the rise in the cost of an American college education has outpaced inflation for decades. A compelling summary by FinAid.Org reveals a 1.5 ratio of tuition inflation to general...
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How to Build a College List
“The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.” -Ben Stein. Building one’s list of prospective colleges is the key first step in the college admissions...
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Weather and College Choice
“I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.” -Noam Chomsky. Weather? You might be surprised how often this topic comes up with my clients when discussing all the dimensions of college choice....
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College Applications: Don’t Follow the Lemmings
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by.” – Robert Frost. When any market, such as real estate, the stock market, or the college market, becomes so competitive that it is...
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College Applications: The Restaurant Analogy
“A dark horse, which had never been thought of, rushed past the grand stand to sweeping triumph.” – Benjamin Disraeli. In this post, I offer a template to help your high school student strategically...
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Your 11th Grader’s 11 Steps to Success
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Junior year is here: the year that counts. Maybe your teen made mistakes, didn’t focus...
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Parents of 11th Graders: Get Set for “Junior College Night”
“I go to seek a Great Perhaps.” -François Rabelais. You just got a notice from your 11th Grader’s guidance counselor that parents are strongly encouraged to attend upcoming “Junior College Night.” They...
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The Best Public Universities for Out-of-State Applicants
“The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.” – Joseph Campbell. If a family is shopping for a state university, one would think that the family’s own...
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How to Plan a College Visit
“The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.” – William Osler. It’s that time of year again. School holidays are coming up: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Spring...
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Becoming a Recruited College Athlete–or Not?
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” –J.W. Von Goethe. At the first YMCA kindergarten soccer game, I remember watching cute little tykes in their brand...
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High School Testing Strategy and Timeline
“The pain in proper preparation is minor compared to the regret in losing the battle.” -Warren Verreynne. The alarm clock rings, startling me out of sound REM sleep. I grab it furiously, switch it off,...
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Teachers’ Recommendations
“Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.” – John Crosby. It is spring of your high school student’s junior year. He or she is busy preparing for standardized...
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Move Your Application to the Top of the Pile
While guiding suburban high school students in New Jersey and New York as they apply to college, I have become acquainted with many distinctive, talented adolescents. I have also observed many...
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Decision-Making 101
“Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.” – Wallace Stevens. It has been a tough spring for high school seniors. After many months of waiting, the ball has finally gone into their court....
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Not Just Getting into College: Parenting for Purpose
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson. Remember...
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When to Start the College Application Process
“Learn to cultivate your own garden.” – Voltaire. Your high school guidance department probably does not officially start the college application process until January of junior year. That timing is...
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