March trends & updates in higher education
Dear Students and Families, A curated list of some of this month's higher education trends and updates is below. I do always try to...
Sometimes we forget that Sophomores, too, have Milestones at this stage in the process:
Dear Sophomores, Great to see you and I'm really impressed with your individual commitments to yourselves--to your schoolwork, to your...
January 2021: And not one of you has complained
Dear Students and Families, About a year ago we began changing our lives because of covid. From that moment until now I never heard a...
Note to my Families: University updates 28 August
Dear Students and Families, I hope you all had a great week and wishing you a lovely weekend, if you're not on it already. Lots going on...
Note to my Families: University updates, 13 July (US, UK, France, Hong Kong, IB,..)
Dear Families, Students, your resilience amid all of this uncertainty is inspiring. Please don't let go of it and continue to pursue...
Note to my Families: Trends and Uni Updates, 9 July 2020
Dear Families, As if the news can't get any crazier. Sharing a few of the most pressing updates here. As usual, I will do my best to...
Note to my Families: Trends and Updates in Higher Education, 3 July 2020
My regular update to families. I'm finally posting them to this blog. Here's the latest. Dear Families, I hope you've had a good week. ...
End Standardised Testing.
I took a wild hiatus from writing. I think it's a mix of needing change (taking Chinese and meditation courses) and also the very real...
The problem is not the process. It's how we're guiding young adults.
We ask them the wrong questions. We show them that happiness is in a brand. That happiness is a checklist. This all relates to how the...
It's actually not broken: What needs to change in US admissions (& you're implicated)
None of this is a surprise. Humans have always tried to beat the system, trying to find an easy way in (or out) of a difficult process. ...