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Advice to Get You Started on Your Applications -- And, hopefully, Improve Your Whole Life :)

How to Get Good Grades in High School... Even When You're Depressed

4/3/2017

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Let me start by saying, high school students, that I don't envy you. In fact, in my line of work, I find myself saying, "Wow! I'm so glad I went to high school when I did, and not today"... probably at least once per day.

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Here's What Colleges REALLY Think About Volunteer Work.

7/28/2016

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A student recently asked me, "How do volunteer work and service-related clubs look on applications? Do they, too, strike admissions officers as a sign of a complacent student whose main goal is to look good? What kind of specialized service opportunities TRULY give kids an edge in college and beyond?"

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3 Things You NEED To Do If Your School Doesn't Offer APs.

7/20/2016

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I'm about to give you some free advice. I'd normally charge a lot of money to tell you this. But since it's my sister's birthday, I'm feeling generous.

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What's Great (and not so great) About Save the 2,008

7/20/2016

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As a Palo Alto resident who has worked with countless Paly and Gunn students, I have followed the mental health situation with rapt concern and attention. In accordance with my 80-20 rule (research/learn/consume 80% of the time, create 20% of the time), I have published multiple blog posts on this topic, including: 
  • When "Achievement" Is Toxic: Reflections on the (most recent) Gunn Suicide, and Raising Resilient Children
  • APs Make You Look Complacent, Not Curious
  • Going to Stanford Doesn't Mean You'll Get a Stanford Education (and going to a state school doesn't mean you won't)
  • Getting Into Your First-Choice College is NOT an "Accomplishment"
  • High-Achieving Teens Feel Empty. Therapy Doesn't Always Help - But This Might.

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If You Want To Be Pre-Med, READ THIS.

12/1/2015

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The best thing about running Paved With Verbs is how many engaging young people I get to work with every day. For example, last week, I met with a student who was writing his “Why do you want to go to Purdue” essay.
 
We talked about his interests – he loves technology, but he wants to be a doctor. Hearing this, I told him to check out the Purdue Research Park.
 
“You’d be a perfect candidate,” I told him, “Because medical breakthroughs aren’t happening in the field of medicine anymore. If you want to disrupt medicine, you need to take an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach. You’ll need to work with chemists, psychologists, engineers, doctors, and computer scientists.”
Where do YOU fit in? Paved With Verbs College Counseling can help you figure it out.

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Going To Stanford Doesn't Mean You'll Get a Stanford Education

10/27/2015

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And going to a state school doesn't mean you won't​ get a Stanford education.
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    Eva Glasrud completed her B.A. and M.A. at Stanford. She is now a college counselor and life coach for gifted youth.

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