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Teen Volunteering Ideas while Sheltering in Place
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." - Anne Frank As the team and I have been working [...]
The Importance of Taking Teen Stress, Grief, and Sadness Very Seriously (and What You Can Do About It)
From the series: 21st-Century Teenhood and Toxic Stress I have often asked myself how I — a former academic philosopher with no children, no desire ever to have children, [...]
How My Role as a College Counselor Has Changed, and Why
From the series: 21st-Century Teenhood and Toxic Stress My role as a private college counselor in the San Francisco Bay Area has shifted considerably over the last decade from [...]
Blue Stars Has a Plan for Everybody
From the Series: How Democratizing College Coaching Tackles Key Problems Plaguing Today’s Teens Blue Stars has a wealth of resources that could change teens’ lives. How do we get [...]
What Teens Want in College Planning
From the Series: How Democratizing College Coaching Tackles Key Problems Plaguing Today’s Teens In the summer of 2018, my company hired a former student who had been very successful [...]
College Planning Stresses Teens Out, But It Doesn’t Have To
From the Series: How Democratizing College Coaching Tackles Key Problems Plaguing Today’s Teens If ever there were a universal trigger for teen stress and parent-teen strife in today’s society, [...]
The Key Problem Plaguing Today’s Teens: A Crisis in Self-Regulation Amidst Rising Demands
From the Series: How Democratizing College Coaching Tackles Key Problems Plaguing Today’s Teens At a reading of Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig, an in-depth personal account of [...]
Standardized Testing and Tips on Admissions
In this time of admissions disruption, it’s so important to stay informed. That’s why I make it a point to educate myself about the latest developments in the admissions [...]
Advice from a Deep-Sea Cave Explorer on Facing Daunting Challenges
As I listened to a recent interview with a deep-sea explorer who descends into underground rivers, icebergs, and caves submerged beneath the earth’s surface, I thought: she has so [...]
Summer Activities & Neuroplasticity!
The pandemic did not stop us from helping our students craft exciting, engaged summers packed with activities that truly contributed to their personal growth (and will surely impress admissions [...]
How COVID is Changing 2020-21 Admissions
We've entered a new frontier in college admissions, one where there are fewer formulas and quantitative data points to rely on for success. With standardized tests cancelled (or hard [...]
College Planning Foundations One-on-One Mentoring Program for 8th-10th Graders
Wouldn’t it be cool if your young teen had: A defined sense of purpose A strategy for carving a unique path to a top college A goal-setting system and [...]
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