How Colleges Work

All About Midterm Grades

Midterm is literally the middle of an academic term. Student often refer to “midterms” as though they are a specific…

5 years ago

The Best Academic Advising Appointment

I have a number of pet peeves. One of them is about how students approach academic advising. Just as students…

5 years ago

Early Decision and Early Action

It’s that time of year when many students are scrambling to complete their early decision or early action applications. If…

5 years ago

Live to Fight Another Day

I‘ve written before about having students withdraw from courses if they aren’t doing well. Making a strategic retreat from courses…

5 years ago

Roommates

For many new students, college is the first time they’ve shared a room with someone they don’t know and it…

5 years ago

Spring Orientation

Many college and universities offer a form of orientation that takes place in late June. This program goes by a…

5 years ago

Repeating Courses: When to Get Back on That Horse

Most students will take a course or two in college that really kicks their butts. I don’t mean they fail…

5 years ago

Talking To College Faculty Members

A few years ago, one of my students came to my office concerned about her performance in Calculus I. This…

6 years ago

Taking an Incomplete

You’re been supporting your student through thick and thin of the semester, then something happens. This something could be an…

6 years ago

The College Admissions Playing Field

News Flash: it's not level A scandal broke the week of March 11, 2019 in which authorities charged several celebrities,…

6 years ago