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 […]