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The Weakest Link in the College Admission Process

on October 31, 2012 in Admissions, Financial aid, High school counselors, Money

Just how prepared are high school counselors to do their jobs? The College Board has released a new report that suggests that counselors don’t believe they received adequate training to perform their jobs at the level they would like. I am mentioning this study because it focuses on an area that I feel passionately about. [...]

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Finding An Independent College Counselor

on August 1, 2012 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying, High school counselors, Parents

In my last college blog post, I wrote about the enmity that admission officers at elite colleges and universities tend to exhibit toward independent college counselors. If you missed it, here it is: Elite Schools Dissing College Consultants While elite schools argue that families can navigate the process by themselves, they ignore this fact:  colleges [...]

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Elite Schools Dissing College Consultants

on July 30, 2012 in Admission practices, Admissions, High school counselors

In June I gave a keynote talk at the annual conference of the Higher Education Consultants Association in New Jersey. I decided to tag along on the group’s college tour that took the consultants to a half-dozen campuses. What I found predictable is that the most elite schools were the least hospitable to the consultants. [...]

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California Teen Getting Grief for Liking Southern Universities

on January 11, 2012 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying, California universities, High school counselors, Liberal Arts Colleges, Universities

Note: I wanted to let you know that I will be holding my next two college workshops at the University of California, San Diego on Jan. 28 and Feb. 4. At the workshops — you can sign up for one or both – I aim to share with you ways to help you make smart [...]

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Bad College Advice: Readers Weigh In

on August 1, 2011 in Admissions, Financial aid, High school counselors, Money

I devoted my last two college blog posts to exploring why high school counselors fail so many students with their college advice. If you missed them, here they are: What’s Wrong With High School Counselors What’s Wrong With High School Counselors, Part II  I received many great comments regarding those posts and I wanted to [...]

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What’s Wrong With High School Counselors Part II

on July 29, 2011 in Admission practices, Admissions, High school counselors

I want to thank everybody who commented yesterday on my post: What’s Wrong with High School Counselors? And a shout out to those who shared their thoughts about the post on the Facebook page for The College Solution. (If you haven’t checked it out and “liked” my new Facebook page, please do!) The thoughtful comments [...]

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