Photo by Rob Boudon For a humorous break from worrying about your senior's progress on college applications and essays, check out the following article in Business Insider about prompts for essays from previous years. My personal favorite is the one about Kermit the Frog. The 15 Most Ridiculous College Application Questions [...]
I just read an interesting piece in Slate.com, written by an admissions officer, entitled "Unrigging the Admissions System." It contains some useful guidelines about things to avoid and what to include in the college essay. The article also confirms what many of us already know: that college admissions is an unfair process, and the advantage [...]
Sending "kids" off to college represents a developmental milestone that is challenging for parents and students alike. Both face challenges and new adventures, albeit in different ways. To that end, I am reading a terrific guidebook called "The Launching Years," by Laura Kastner and Jennifer Wyatt. For anyone sending a child to college now or [...]
