7 Effective Strategies to Simplify the College Application Process
Navigating the college admissions process is complicated, and I feel it’s on the organizational level of planning an invasion of a small country. Here are some ways to make it slightly more efficient and less stressful. Do smart research using smart sources—my favorite two research tools for colleges are old school. The Fiske Guide, although it doesn’t cover every school, is amazingly helpful when it does. But it’s an actual book, and you have to flip the pages and everything. Also, I find looking at college websites to be incredibly informative. Apparently, the schools actually spend a lot of time [...]
How Parents Can Help Kids to Protect Their Self-Esteem During College Admissions
I have a wonderful friend, who has a wonderful son. As her oldest child, the college admissions process took them both by surprise. Although he was an excellent student with excellent extracurriculars, he was rejected by all the colleges in the Ivy-Plus world. Although he did gain admission to a top-notch public flagship in the Honors College, he felt terrible about himself for the rest of high school and the first year of college, comparing himself to other friends and classmates who did manage to be admitted into the Ivy world. Thankfully, this didn’t last forever. Four years later, he [...]