I post a version of this every year because the language we use impacts our emotions as well as our actions. While I've always believed that, the idea really resonated with me a few years ago. A teacher in my Spinning continuing education course said, "Never tell students to raise their 'tension! Say 'Turn up your resistance' instead." We all laughed and got her message. Why would I want to add tension to someone's workout when they were already increasing the workload to th

In this stranger than strange year with its own unique brand of stress, the stress of waiting to hear from colleges is only exacerbated for our seniors. Please be mindful of conversations you have with your smaller gatherings or at a Zoom Thanksgiving. I post this on my Less College Stress Consulting Facebook page each year. It's great advice. As I congratulate my students who contact me with news of acceptances, I share their happiness (even if the college is not a top choic

Belonging to four professional organizations carries benefits I am always glad to extend to my students and families. Want to talk to a current student at a college that isn’t offering tours at the moment? No problem--even if I haven’t had a student attend that school in 6 or 7 years, someone in my network has and will happily contact that student to let them know you’ll be in touch. Parents: want to connect with a parent of a student? Done. Is there a new accelerated Master’

Nov. 8, 2020 Education specialists have long said that standardized testing is not a predictor of college success. High test scores do indicate academic strength, but they do not exclusively prove that students will have the grit, drive, and executive functioning skills to succeed as college students. That's why many test-optional colleges are developing new academic ratings to award merit aid. Now that only 25% of students are submitting scores--with the exceptions to this b