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SAT & ACT Testing Lies

The only way to be free of tests is to have a score you’re proud of. If you signed up for the July ACT, it’s six days away. Don’t freak out; there’s still plenty of time to make a difference. Even if you lost time to…summer, a week can make a massive of difference – […]

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How do you feel about the college application and selection process?

 

1 is the greatest stressor in my life; 5 is ‘eh’; 10 is ring the bell and let’s slug it out.

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What are your Top 3 concerns about applying to college?

Choose up to 3. There is no one way to do the college process. But there is one right way for your family.

3 / 11

What is Your Graduation Year?

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How would you describe your top choice schools?

Top choice schools can be reach schools, but they don’t have to be. There are so many ways to pick a college.

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Choose 3 qualities that your child exhibits the most. (1 is never; 5 is almost always).

College admissions can be a crucible. It tends amplify the traits we already have – we become more of those things, good or bad. Fostering the positive and addressing the negative creates the best college applicants and the best college students.

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Do you have any special considerations for college admissions and college choice (select as many as is relevant).

No path is the same; no life is exactly as expected. The challenges of life can help more than they hurt in admissions and in life.

Academic Disruption – Significant changes in family dynamic (student/family illness; job loss; changing high schools; divorce)

Upward Academic Trajectory – An improvement in grades as high school goes on.

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Does your child have a defining passion and a way to exhibit that to colleges?

The emphasis on passion – whether it’s a ‘passion project’, selecting a major, or selecting a career can be very misguided. Stanford research shows that 80% of people lack a defining passion. But, in the process of ‘becoming’, we can find the mix of things that serves that purpose.

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Good relationship w/ guidance counselor? Do they give good advice?

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What matters to you in selecting a college?

Not everything matters to everyone, and there are no bad answers.

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What is the secret strength of your child?

What is the ‘thing’ you see that others – perhaps including your child – don’t.

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