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...
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...
How to find out if your university is "financially fit"
This topic, very on-point and one of discussion throughout international higher education--from the US and Canada to Europe and over here...
We live in Asia. We'll send her to Australia for secondary school. It's better. (Or is it?
I hear this often. I ask: "Tell me how you ended up attending secondary school in X country?" "Well, we/my parents thought that the...
Yoga and Rankings
I was just settling into a relaxing shoulder opener before class when I overheard two of my yoga buddies in the row behind me: --Well, I...
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We've got to stop checking boxes [in the application process]
This process is way too complicated and based on subjectivity to have an “arranged marriage" of ticked boxes and robotic responses. I...
'Tis the season: University decision letters are coming in...
"Let’s help our students manage this one so that they can be more prepared for what life will continue to roll out: the unexpected."...
University Admissions: Beware of the cart before the horse
Whenever a family first comes to me they do want to show they’ve been doing some “homework” and usually express this to me by giving me...
Scared about your child’s pending departure for university? So is she.
Leah has never been to the US before. Neither have her parents. Yet, she’s going to be heading there in two months to spend the next...
Why haven’t we gotten it right on how to guide students beyond secondary school?
Until this type of “planning” is incorporated into the student’s curriculum in secondary school, it will continue to be something that...