Listen to the audio version here! A couple of weeks ago I told you listening is “the one thing you can do” when it comes to college admission. The one thing you completely control. After that I got some really encouraging and humorous emails from fellow wallet-leavers (and those who love them) around the country. […]
This week we welcome Communications Officer (and former Assistant Director of Admission) Becky Tankersley back to the blog. Welcome, Becky! For the past seven weekends my family and I have worked on a major home improvement project: tearing down and rebuilding our back deck. I say “my family” because my parents drove four hours each […]
I found myself in a cemetery this week contemplating the brevity of life. I know, I know, but stick with me here. Before I went to Buenos Aires, three people told me I had to check out Recoleta Cemetery. It did not disappoint. The engravings, inscriptions, and mausoleums were truly magnificent. And after an all-night […]
I have written before about how colleges don’t make differentiation easy Brochures show warm sunny days that are not too breezy Students of various ethnicities study happily under trees Or gaze pensively into the distance wearing school hoodies overseas They smile while throwing a Frisbee- not an easy task, my friends Or sip a smoothie […]
“Let’s get a FastPass for Everest, run to Pandora, and then we can be to Epcot by noon.” “If we alternate getting lunch while the others stand in line, we’ll only have a 30 minute wait each.” These were just a couple of the “suggestions” I heard during our day at Disney’s Animal Kingdom last […]