Christmas cheer at Cherry Creek High School 2016
Yesterday Will’s good friend was admitted to Stanford. A collective cheer was heard on text message as the news spread instantaneously. Moms and kids alike messaged me– not because I [...]
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Post college acceptance for my own baby
It’s New Years Eve, and I think I might be finally waking up from my collegeadmissions PTSD. My son Will is a senior who has just completed his sweet little college admissions journey. [...]
Highly selective college admissions, it’s an early event.
This article is teaching me nothing new. I’ve been telling my high achieving students for several years now that admissions to uber- selective colleges is an “early event.” That’s the [...]
Legacy admissions and my own inner conflict
I’m all about legacy admissions. Two of my boys went to Duke, and I’m never going to say it didn’t help them get in. My sons were qualified for Duke [...]
I miss the University of Chicago
I went to the University of Chicago info session here in Denver. I left oddly unsatisfied, and maybe even a little sad. It was interesting to me that the first [...]
What I’m learning from Duke. Oct 2017
I notice how some colleges are purposeful in their mission, forward thinking and innovative. Others seem to be stuck on their past laurels. It’s hard to know whether a particular [...]
Pull-it SURPRISE
“Well, I went to a small college called Middlebury—do you know it?” The youngish man in the middle row of the shuttle van was engaging the whole group of 10 [...]
Freddy Krueger on What to Wear to the College Info Session
I was jolted out of sleep by a rapid burst of text messages last night. I scrambled around for my glasses and squinted at my phone. On it was a [...]
Demonstrated Interest- a Two-Way Street
Applying to colleges is more of a 2-way street than you think. While it’s easy to get hung up on whether or not you’ll get accepted, it’s even easier [...]
Need-Blind and Meets-Full-Need Policies Under Strain
The number of colleges and universities that maintain need-blind admissions policies, while at the same time claiming to meet the full financial need of all admitted students, is continuing to [...]
