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A Secret to Acing Final Exams

on December 13, 2012 in Academics, Admissions, College readiness, Grades

What is the best way to ace your final exams? This is a timely question as millions of high school and college students are taking their final exams. You might assume that reading textbooks and notes over and over again is the best way to study, but researchers from Purdue and Washington University insist that [...]

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Disappointing SAT Test Scores — Again

on September 26, 2012 in Admissions, College readiness, SAT/ACT

The College Board released its latest SAT score results this week and the results are once again disappointing. The average score for the reading portion of the SAT is at its lowest level in four decades. The high school seniors in the class of 2012 earned an average reading score of 496 out of a [...]

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12 Questions to Ask About a College’s Disability Services

on August 15, 2012 in Admissions, Applying, College readiness, Evaluating Schools, Parents, Research

How do you evaluate a college’s learning disability services? In today’s blog post I’m sharing some questions that parents and students should ask when visiting a school (or contacting a disability office by phone.) Joy App, a college consultant in Houston, who was my source for yesterday’s post on learning disabilities, provided the questions that [...]

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College Admissions and Learning Disablities

on August 12, 2012 in Academic quality, Academics, Admissions, College readiness

Does your teenager have a learning disability? If so, the whole college process might seem even more daunting. With these parents in mind, I recently talked with Joy App, a college consultant in Houston, who has worked with many teenagers with learning disabilities. I am passing along some of her advice for parents of learning [...]

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The Best Way to Study for Final Exams

on May 21, 2012 in College readiness, Grades

What is the best way to ace your teenager’s final exams? This is a timely question as millions of high school students are getting ready to take their final exams. You might assume that reading textbooks and notes over and over again is the best way to study, but researchers from Purdue and Washington University [...]

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Are Students Learning Much in College?

on January 10, 2012 in Academics, College readiness, Grades, Parents

With crazy amounts of psychic energy being spent on getting teenagers into college, too many students and their parents think getting admitted is the hard part of the college process.  Actually, it’s not. Squeezing as much value out of the college experience once you’re a student is far more important. Unfortunately, however,  many students are [...]

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