“Although the application tsunami has certainly hit Brown University, the application process (at this Ivy) is fiercely personal,” according to Logan Powell, Dean of Admissions. This year, the university received 35,000 applications and accepted 1,829 students. The office uses no quotas or cutoff values and takes in approximately 1/3 of the class through early decision; […]
Finding Your Voice
We talk about finding “voice” as you write your college essays. But what is your voice, exactly? It is the sound of you. William Zinsser is one of the greatest writing gurus of all time and his book, On Writing Well is a classic. His chapter, “The Sound of Your Voice” is a good read. […]
The Importance of Relationships in College
I may have grabbed you with a misleading title – and now that you are reading, let me be clear: the relationships you build with college professors can have an impact not only on your academic success, but also on your attitude and future. And the biggest outcome of these relationships is motivation, an elusive […]
College Visits: The Parent Perspective and Role
Admissions presentations are fairly routine: an information session, followed by a scripted tour, spiced with some questions by parents (usually) who are accompanying their teens. During this experience, most students are seeking answers to questions that can be boiled down to the following: do I qualify for admittance, do the academic offerings interest me, and […]
How Ready Are You for College?
It’s so hard to know. One thing we do know is that putting tremendous pressure on yourself is not going to help answer that key question, as you prepare to leave high school for college, from relative safety to the unknown. Some students begin thinking about this process in 9th grade, or even before. Others […]
