I have always been passionate about two things: helping the lives of young people and mindfulness. In 2008, I was the Director of School Counseling at a boarding school in Colorado, and,...
For those of us who live in New England, and especially for those of us who are Red Sox fans, February means the return of spring. As pitchers, catchers, and position players...
Evolution often holds true for education: Health concerns surrounding coronavirus have led the most selective colleges and boarding schools to cancel or limit campus visits, while slightly less selective schools, as well...
College entrance exams, namely the SAT and ACT, are back in the news. It’s been rapid fire over the last year. First was the Varsity Blues scandal (when wealthy parents were hiring...
Why It Matters to the Epidemic of Struggling Teens & Young Adults Inspired and grateful. That’s not exactly how I usually leave professional conferences. If you work in a field where trade...
In the world of admissions, “to everything – turn, turn, turn; there is a season – turn, turn, turn.” Right now, many colleges are in the midst of the transfer season when...
Kim Chorosiewski, Ed.D., CSCS, CMAA Believing the hype about how good your child is or is not Assuming that your child will “get” recruited Grades don’t matter if the student-athlete is good...
I recently met with a family whose 16-year-old daughter, Paige, was refusing to go to school. Her parents reported that Paige was a bright student with a history of strong school performance....
It’s 2019 and this article, published in 1996, still speaks to the quagmire that is college testing and how this continues to impact education and the college admission landscape. Over 900 colleges...
Harvard Admissions Lawsuit Despite accepting Asian American candidates at a lower rate than other applicants*, Harvard was spared this afternoon as a federal judge ruled the university does not discriminate against Asian...
As the inimitable sage Beyonce once so fittingly warned, “if you like it then you better put a ring on it.” And in the smoky private poker lounge of the college admissions...
We push off from the bank, quietly entering the current and settling in for a short journey. In the stern is a 14-year-old girl, eager and a bit nervous about demonstrating her...
Unlike my slightly more aged colleagues here at McMillan Education, for me the elementary back-to-school frenzy is not a hazy memory in the rear-view mirror of my peacefully empty nest. With three...
We’ve all experienced at least one benchmark test in our lives – our drivers’ license, the college entrance examination, a professional certification test, etc. With a good sense of what would be...
One of my favorite parts of the summer is jumping off the dock near our community boating program in the Penobscot Bay in Maine. Coming off a long weekend commute from Boston...
Summer is in full swing! The next few months are about spending time with friends and family and enjoying “fun in the sun” activities…and for our rising seniors, wrestling with the dreaded...
Every few weeks another bombshell hits the Twitter feeds, Facebook pages, and inboxes of college admissions professionals across the globe, and this week it is College Board’s announcement of their new scoring...
As school and college acceptance offers come in each spring, parents whose kids I’ve been counseling ask me, “Which one would you choose if it were your child?” Well, it’s not my...
After a busy day at Manhattan’s Town School, Andy raced home and barely acknowledged his parents as he whipped open his laptop and hastily logged into the {fictional} Green Meadow Academy portal....
Carolyn Orsini Nelson, M.Ed. and Edith Adams, M.S.W., LICSW We routinely receive incredible, often heartwarming pictures of students whom we have had the privilege of recommending to therapeutic programs. They may have...
In this era of instant information and constant communication, it’s all too easy to lose perspective. Numerous studies show how social media is distorting reality and impairing judgment, for example, through the...
