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What’s Wrong With High School Counselors Part II

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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What’s Wrong With High School Counselors?

What’s Wrong With High School Counselors?

on July 28, 2011 in Admissions, High school counselors

I wrote this post a year ago, but I wanted to share it again because I think it’s important that families understand the limitations of many high school counselors when it comes to sharing advice about critical college issues. Parents and teenagers need to know this because if they rely exclusively on their counselor’s advice, [...]

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A College Admission Weak Link

on December 29, 2010 in Academics, Admissions, Evaluating Schools, High school counselors

It’s going to be a hectic week for me because our family is having our annual holiday party and I’ll be making all the food for 80 people.  All I’ve gotten done so far is a mousse pate, puff pastry pinwheels and spicy pecans so I’ve got a lot to do. I will quickly share [...]

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The Skinny on College Recommendation Letters

on December 15, 2010 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying, High school counselors

I wrote this post a year ago when my son was asking for college recommendations. He’s in college now, but I thought parents and teenagers could benefit from what I wrote in 2009. This is the time of year when high school counselors and teachers are flooded with requests to write college recommendation letters. Writing [...]

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10 Things That Many High School Counselors Don't Know

on October 18, 2010 in Admissions, Financial aid, High school counselors, Money, Scholarships

I am sure that I ticked off a fair number of high school counselors yesterday when I wrote this post: Why High School Counselors Don’t Know Much About College I wanted to follow up with a list of things that the typical high school counselors doesn’t know. This list could have been much longer, but [...]

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Censoring Financial Aid Information

on June 10, 2010 in Admissions, Financial aid, High school counselors, Money

With about 800 other people, I’ve been spending the last couple of days at the WACAC conference at the University of San Francisco. WACAC stands for the Western Association for College Admission Counseling. I gave a speech on shrinking the cost of college — one of my favorite topics — at the educational conference that [...]

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