If your high school didn't offer the PSAT or you chose to sit it out, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation just announced this year's alternate entry requirements. The College Board has also added a January option that your school may choose to participate in. I...
Report cards are out or on their way, and as your first set of sophomore grades arrives it’s a good time to take a step back and think about how the year is going so far. With all the challenges students are facing and the...
Report cards are starting to arrive and I hope you're pleased with your first high school grades. Any time you receive an evaluation is a good opportunity to do a self-assessment as well. What went well this term and what didn’t? What might you want...
With the opening of the FAFSA and CSS Profile this month, students and parents should be moving forward with financial aid forms. While it's always a good idea to do these forms early, this article explains why it's especially important this year, particularly if your...
Usually the big event for juniors in October is the PSAT. A few schools have decided to offer the exam but if your school isn't one of them, don't worry. This is just a diagnostic test for all but the highest scoring students, and you...
Did you get a mid-quarter progress report recently? I hope it gives you helpful feedback about how your classes are going. Many students are finding online education to be highly challenging, and not in a good way. I'm hearing from students who have a crushing...
I hope you’ve been settling in and doing ok with whatever learning format your school is using. I realize that starting high school is a big transition even in a normal year, and the online aspect adds a whole layer of challenges. One of the...
Welcome to your senior year! I hope these first few days have been going well, whatever school looks like for you. I expect this to be a challenging year but I’m also optimistic that it will get better as we go along. At this point in...
Junior year has a reputation for being challenging and this year is certainly no exception. The challenges are different, however, in this COVID environment. Students often find that a heavy workload is the hardest part of 11th grade. While this depends on your course selection,...
Welcome back to school. In a normal year you'd be diving into your coursework and resuming your extracurricular activities, and I hope that's still true this year to some extent. I expect that while remote school may not be great it will be better than...