If you are a superstar athlete (other wise known as a “blue chip recruit”), you can pretty much write your ticket to any college in America, no matter how well you do in high school.
But that does not mean that you will graduate from that college.
If you’re uncertain as to whether I’m blowing smoke, have [...]
Read full post...I love blog Carnivals. I read a lot, and I participate in a lot.
This week, here are some interesting ones.
The Seventh Edition of the Carnival of Improved Life is open today. Tons of interesting information about how to life better, feel better, and get an athletic scholarship (okay, that one was me).
The [...]
Clients ask all the time whether they should take the ACT or the SAT tests to prepare for college. Here is what my colleague, Nancy Nitardy, has to say about these tests.
Nancy Nitardy is the author of Get Paid to Play, THE book for student athletes as they navigate the athletic recruiting process.
Nancy [...]
Read full post...Nancy Nitardy, a former Division 1 coach at Harvard, Dartmouth, and Indiana University, works with Great College Advice to ensure that athletes get the best educational and athletic experiences possible.
She applies her experience as a coach to advise students how to get their attention and get recruited for their teams. She and I work [...]
Today I spent another fun-filled day at the Colorado Crossroads volleyball tournament in Denver, where nearly 10,000 volleyball players are participating in this national qualifier event.
Parents were steadily coming up to my booth at the tournament (where I was, of course, dispensing some great college advice) to talk about their concerns. The topic of [...]
If you’re looking for me in the coming days, you can find me at the Colorado Convention Center where I’ll be attending the Colorado Crossroads Volleyball Tournament hosted by the Front Range Volleyball Association. It’s a national qualifier, and I’ll be there to talk to students and families about college admission.
I’ll be joined by [...]
A prospective client wrote to ask a question. He is a 10th grader at a large public high school. He wanted to know how colleges look at and evaluate extracurricular activities. He is involved in a lot of different activities, but he’s not sure how to best focus his efforts.
Here’s his question (with [...]
The Education Wonks have done it again! They have opened the latest edition of the Carnival of Education.
Here are some of my favorite posts from this week’s round-up:
Yale freshman Sam Jackson looks at the complicated issue of whether colleges and universities should have complete access to the high school disciplinary records of applicants. [...]
I attended a session at the conference of the Independent Educational Consultants Association last week that debunked the five myths of athletic recruiting.
Myth #1: “If I’m being recruited, I will be admitted.”
Myth #2: “Grades don’t matter for a recruited athlete.”
Myth #3: “Only great athletes receive scholarships.”
Myth #4: “There is a perfect [...]
Amazon.com WidgetsA couple of my current clients are in the midst of athletic recruiting, and are visiting colleges. I always recommend that they be prepared to ask some pointed questions of coaches, admissions officers, and other students when they make the visit.
The list of questions below comes from a book on sports [...]