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My Favorite College Search Things
It’s easy to hard to find information on colleges, its hard to sort out what’s good info from what’s bad. I am constantly sending emails to people about tools to support college search and learning about what tools are good and which aren’t. So I’m going to try to compile my favorite things in this…
Keep readingShould You Take the SAT/ACT or Not?
For parents of 10th, 11th and 12th graders, the question of testing looms large (especially this fall as the test optional movement has really taken hold), so let me try to help you out and give you the lowdown to help you make decisions. I’m not going to do a detailed discussion of testing policy,…
Keep readingAccess Organizations: Providing Social Capital
As anyone who works with low income, first generation or underrepresented students could tell you, the vast majority of these students lack not only the funds to compete with the 1% but also the “social capital” that greases the wheels of higher education access. Networks of chatty parents sharing new discoveries about demonstrated interest, hooks, gap years,…
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Cutting Room: The Misguided War on Test Optional
Ever since I was first interviewed for a news story and especially when I was interviewed for the documentaries I was in (both the Test and The Art of Thinking and Netflix’s Operation Varsity Blues). I’ve been fascinated by what’s left out. I asked both producers of the documentaries if they would release the uncut…
Keep readingThings worth reading
A couple things of note that are worth paying attention to. Jon Boeckenstedt published an analysis of discount rates at colleges and its well worth reading and playing with. If you’re unfamiliar with the term discount rate, it captures aid that isn’t new money (merit aid that is essentially discounting, grants that are discounts, basically…
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Race-Conscious Admissions: A Family Guide
Many college bound families, like mine, in the midst of the college journey are wondering what the Supreme Court decision to codify into law the pretense that race doesn’t impact opportunity means for their child’s chance of getting into college. You’re probably also wondering whether you should do anything different than you would have done…
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