What can give you added strength in your college application? Strength that allows an admission officer to pause on your app, and not pause because they caught something to question, but because after pages of reading they’ve come across something special. What can give you more admissibility power when your applying to a selective admissionContinue reading “The one edge you can give yourself in the application process”
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Why My Grandfather was the Best College Counselor I Ever Had
As a new college admission season falls upon us, I am reminded daily of the power it brings. Hurling its way into my office in the shape of panic, anxiety and stress. A process packed with self-reflection, vulnerability and inevitable road blocks. A process that affects not only the student, but the family as aContinue reading “Why My Grandfather was the Best College Counselor I Ever Had”
Resiliency
Stress. Set back. Disappointment. “It wasn’t my fault.” Emotions and phrases I come across daily. In my role as a College Counselor and an educator, I am surrounded by impressionable and impressive young adults each and every day. I hear the good, the bad and the ugly…and oh is the ugly, UGLY. But in thisContinue reading “Resiliency”
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