ow in its fourth edition, Admission Matters is an excellent overview of the college admissions process by Sally P. Springer, Jon Reider, and Joyce Vining Morgan. Keep in mind: I literally grew up [...]
he problem with higher education today is that colleges are not transparent about their students’ academic lives, so families don’t know what their students should experience or accomplish in [...]
reviously, we’ve recommended books that introduce you to the college admissions process, reveal all the (legal) dirty tricks that the privileged use to game the system, and help you write great [...]
re you familiar with the idea of threshold concepts? The great Don Lubach just introduced me to them. They’re the crucial ideas that totally change the way you think about the field you’re [...]
here’s a famous Spanish aphorism from 1647 by Baltasar Gracián that goes, “Lo bueno, si breve, dos veces bueno.” It means, “Good stuff, if short, is twice as good,” and it explains why Stairway [...]
f you want to write good stuff but have no interest in the genre of college admissions essays, read Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande. If college is in your family’s future, read On Writing [...]
