I’ve watched exactly 28 years of March Madness tournaments. I try to be a good fan. I get excited when the Blue Devils come close. I jump up and down when they win. I make lots of chili and avocado dip to keep the family room inviting. I admire the uniforms and wonder about who [...]
I read The College Lady’s admission blog listing common myths in college admissions, and I felt compelled to share an adapted version of her list. Some of the myths, noted by *, are taken directly from her site—they were just too good to tweak. (Her whole site is very well done and worth bookmarking.) The world [...]
The Wrong Time to be Normal I usually have to write about my students with aliases. But since I want to share my own son’s admissions horror story, I feel free to use his name. ROBBIE. Robbie is the kind of person NOT likely to space his University of Chicago interview. Robbie never [...]
Kalie’s mom, Pandora, interviewed me at a noisy hamburger joint when I first began my work as an educational consultant. As a mentor and high school volunteer I had helped many neighborhood students with the college process at the time she interviewed me. I had also just completed my first application cycle with several a-la-carte [...]
