Wise Insights

Tips from a recent College Graduate
Tips from a recent College Graduate by Paige Chauncey Posted

As summer comes to an end, a new adventure begins as you embark on your freshman year of college. Some of you are anxious about this new chapter, while others are counting down the days until the first... Read more

Four Milestones to Hit During the Summer Before Senior Year
Four Milestones to Hit During the Summer Before Senior Year Posted

Ah, summertime and the livin’ is easy. Here in Boston, we New Englanders have earned the right to a long, lazy, carefree romp in the sunshine after enduring another long winter and chilly spring. Read more

Hope and Optimism in the Face of Struggle. Notes from Two Traveling Consultants
Hope and Optimism in the Face of Struggle. Notes from Two Traveling Consultants Carolyn Orsini Nelson, M.Ed. and Edith Adams, M.S.W., LICSW Posted

With some of the world’s premier therapeutic programming located among vast mountain ranges, oceanfront beaches, and remote forests, it’s understandable that parents wonder: What’s so therapeutic about... Read more

Dodging the Asteroids: Alternative Paths to College
Dodging the Asteroids: Alternative Paths to College Posted

Perhaps I am revealing too much about my generation when I liken the pace and speed of life for high school students beginning in the junior year to the original old-school video game of Asteroids.... Read more

Grad School - Think Ahead, But Don't Apply Too Early
Grad School - Think Ahead, But Don't Apply Too Early Posted

The way my mind works, different situations evoke different songs. For many of the young adults who initially consult me about going to grad or professional school immediately after earning their bachelor’s... Read more

Arriving At My Destination
Arriving At My Destination Posted

I recently reconnected with a former student. Now a successful furniture designer in his late 30s, he spoke of his experience in boarding school, and the difficulties he faced. I asked how he was able... Read more

Becoming Mr. Keating
Becoming Mr. Keating Posted

Like any other nerdy, dreamy teen girl of the late 80’s / early 90’s, I was mesmerized by the movie Dead Poets’ Society. Instead of Def Leppard lyrics, my best friend and I copied the lines of Tennyson’s... Read more

The Land of Educational Opportunity: Finding The Best U.S. Options for Brazilians
The Land of Educational Opportunity: Finding The Best U.S. Options for Brazilians Posted

McMillan Education has helped countless Brazilian students identify and enroll in an array of U.S. schools and universities in order to help further their studies, maximize their extracurricular talents,... Read more

It's Never Too Early - - Or Too Late - - To Apply To Boarding School
It's Never Too Early - - Or Too Late - - To Apply To Boarding School Posted
Boarding school, second season

The arrival of spring brings the onset of warmer weather, reimagined hopes, and new opportunities. And just as spring signifies the start of the second season of the calendar year, it also harkens in... Read more

You've been accepted, now what? REVISIT
You've been accepted, now what? REVISIT Posted

While revisits can be effective in helping a student and family feel assured of their decision to attend a school, they do not always deliver a clear path. Read more