This week we welcome Senior Assistant Director for International Admission, Sara Riggs, to the blog. Welcome, Sara! I have a bad habit of misplacing my driver’s license. Usually, I request a replacement online. However, when I recently stashed it in a hiking bag or airport-designated travel pouch (or wherever licenses go to disappear), the impending […]
Searching for Scholarships
This week we welcome the director of the Office of Scholar Programs, Chaffee Viets, to the blog. Welcome, Chaffee! This summer, Rockell Bartoli, host of the Scholar Budget Podcast, invited me to discuss our scholarship programs and share application tips with the motivated students and parents who listen to her show. Unfamiliar with her work […]
Is College Admission Clear-Cut?
This week we welcome Assistant Director of Admission, Ashley Brookshire, to the blog. Welcome, Ashley! I used to think a lot of things in life were pretty clear-cut. I was very confident washing your hands was clear-cut until four years ago when I learned I was doing it wrong (rest assured, dear reader, I now […]
The blog post about money! Pt. 2
This fall my quadruplet cousins started college. Yes. Four people, all at once. When they say it takes a village to raise a child, that is of course quadrupled for four children – it has been a team effort. And while money is a general anxiety with four children (never mind all at the same […]
Rigor: The Not-So-Secret Ingredient of your College Application “Pizza”
This week we welcome Assistant Director of Admission, Danielle Foote, to the blog. Welcome, Danielle! In the college application process, there are a lot of pieces you will likely start and finish within your senior year—writing essays, gathering documents, synthesizing your resume of activities—these are just a few. However, one foundational piece of your college […]