Junior Year College Planning: A Guide for Counselors and Students
Maybe the biggest surprise to me when I started this job was how crucial junior year is in college planning. When I did this decades ago, I don’t think I even started thinking about college until my senior year started. Not sure how much of that was due to changing times and how much was […]
Helping Students Take Ownership of the College Process
In my 20 years in education, it seems like students have needed more and more hand holding. A lot of teenagers are hesitant to take initiative, frequently look for reassurance, and often get overwhelmed by the idea of making decisions for themselves. At the same time, I get paranoid that I’ve become the old man […]
The Evolution of College Counseling
I’ve always been fascinated by how things evolve – how things got from point A to point B. My dissertation on the Spanish Civil War explored how understanding history helps us work through the past and make sense of the present. When I started college counseling, I felt that same curiosity about this strange and […]
Welcome!
Welcome to the Blog: Practical College Support for High School Counselors Why This Blog? I’ll be honest—starting a blog wasn’t on my to-do list. Like many of you, I’m a full-time high school counselor helping students with college admissions and constantly learning as the field evolves. I definitely don’t have all the answers, but I’ve […]