When you get your ACT score back, it can be hard to tell whether you’ve earned a good ACT score. And, because good is a relative term, whether your ACT score is considered good by a college is going to depend on a variety of factors including your particular academic strengths and weaknesses and the […]
Transforming The College Conversation
If you’re not hopeful about the future…If your next steps feel forced…If you feel your purpose lies on a different path than the one you’re currently walking……then this episode is for you. And, if I’m honest, this episode is for me too. It’s for high school me who was so lost and felt compelled to plod […]
Is A Transfer Track the Right Choice For You?
While this episode was recorded before the pandemic, the information is particularly relevant today as many students and their families scramble to make alternate college plans. Over the years, no more so than now, I’ve heard many parents say, “We’re just going to have her go to community college because she doesn’t know what she […]
Increasing Our Capacity To Focus
Recorded long before the pandemic hit, this episode seems rather fortuitous given the biggest challenge I’m currently facing in lockdown: focus.My dear friend and fellow bookworm Jen Hoffman joins us to share her incredible tips for cultivating the practice of focus.Yes! Focus is a muscle that must be cultivated but that muscle can atrophy in […]
How to Thrive in Uncertainty
Living in times of great uncertainty is no easy feat. The good news is that there are skills and practices that you can cultivate that can help you not only cope but thrive.While 2020 is giving the word “uncertain” a run for its money, the truth is that life is always uncertain to some degree. […]
Networking From A Distance
Networking. It’s such a daunting topic for so many people, but – as hard as it is to network in person – it’s made even more challenging at a distance.That said, there are lots of things we can do to make networking more enjoyable whether we’re doing so face-to-face or remotely.This skill is an important […]
Locking Down Your Productivity
Last spring was incredibly challenging. The upheaval of our normal day-to-day lives unsurprisingly took a toll on the work we did.While that’s completely understandable given the circumstances, as we head into the new school year, it’s important that we focus on ways we can continue to thrive even in the face of tremendous uncertainty. One thing […]
How to Conduct Virtual College Visits
After the initial shock of quarantine life wore off last spring, I realized that one of the biggest ways that the Class of 2021 was going to be impacted by Coronavirus was the inability to visit college campuses. Instead, the state of the world was going to necessitate a shift to virtual college visits.Spring break, […]
Navigating College Essay Writing in 2020
Writing your college essay can be an incredibly daunting task. It can be hard to know how to talk about yourself in a way that shares what you’ve accomplished without seeming like you’re bragging. Or you may struggle to find anything to talk about. After all, what makes you special? Whether you see yourself as […]
Finding College Scholarships During A Pandemic
Throughout the years, I’ve noticed that many of the families I’ve worked with have focused exclusively on getting into college throughout high school. There’s a sense that you ought to know where you’re going and what it will cost before figuring out the financial side of the equation.Unfortunately, though, delaying thinking about paying for college […]