by studentrg | Dec 29, 2019 | Career Pathways, College Admissions, Paying for College
Are you applying to college in the coming year? Are you a parent of a student who will be applying, or are you counseling students who will be? If so, it is important to remember that 2019 saw some of the biggest changes ever in college admissions – changes that will...
by studentrg | Nov 27, 2019 | College Admissions, College Degrees, College Major
As the 2019 holidays start, it is worth asking what the high school juniors you know can and should be doing now to get ready to apply to colleges. If you think it is too early to get started – or if you think you shouldn’t expect your kids or students to do more than...
by studentrg | Nov 4, 2019 | College Admissions, Education
A growing number of parents have now been convicted and sentenced in the U.S. college cheating scandal. But does that mean that all the cheaters have been caught, all the scams have been uncovered, and the problem is on its way to being solved? It would be both...
by studentrg | Oct 10, 2019 | College Admissions, Education
Sometimes parents ask teachers to stretch ethical boundaries in ways that seem “small,” like this . . . “My daughter has never gotten a B on a science test, and you just gave her one,” a mother told a teacher during a tense phone call. “I want you to let her retake...
by studentrg | Sep 16, 2019 | Career Pathways, College Admissions
There are many definitions of success, and that is a good thing. And today, more people are defining success in their own ways. But for the purposes of this post, let’s define success in a once-common way, even though a growing number of people might no longer see it...
by studentrg | Sep 3, 2019 | College Admissions, College Degrees
As educators, we place a lot of emphasis on helping high school students gain admission to their top-choice colleges. But once that work is done and our students head off to college, do we know how happy they are? The 2018 National Student Satisfaction and Priorities...
