We live in Asia. We'll send her to Australia for secondary school. It's better. (Or is it?
I hear this often. I ask: "Tell me how you ended up attending secondary school in X country?" "Well, we/my parents thought that the...
Why the university admissions process is such a problem
Mutter the words “university” and “admissions” and you’ll feel stress around you—verbal, visceral, corporeal, mental. Have you ever seen...
Acceptances are in! But why isn’t my child excited about it?
Remember that this transition is a massive one and far greater, more consequential, and life-changing than the application process...
Yoga and Rankings
I was just settling into a relaxing shoulder opener before class when I overheard two of my yoga buddies in the row behind me: --Well, I...
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We've got to stop checking boxes [in the application process]
This process is way too complicated and based on subjectivity to have an “arranged marriage" of ticked boxes and robotic responses. I...
'Tis the season: University decision letters are coming in...
"Let’s help our students manage this one so that they can be more prepared for what life will continue to roll out: the unexpected."...
University Admissions: Beware of the cart before the horse
Whenever a family first comes to me they do want to show they’ve been doing some “homework” and usually express this to me by giving me...
Scared about your child’s pending departure for university? So is she.
Leah has never been to the US before. Neither have her parents. Yet, she’s going to be heading there in two months to spend the next...
Why haven’t we gotten it right on how to guide students beyond secondary school?
Until this type of “planning” is incorporated into the student’s curriculum in secondary school, it will continue to be something that...