Changing of the Guard

The Changing of the Guard

June 06, 2014

Randi has posted a new blog entry about the college search experience for equestrian students - check it out!

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 JUNIORS:Picturing your college life yet?  If you are, here are 10 things that are actually more important in college than going to class.  (But for the record, you should go to class too.)And if you're considering big schools, here's a great article that talks about TAs teaching undergraduate classes.  UNDERCLASSMEN:11 Things You Need to Know About Athletic Scholarships - the nitty and the gritty!NEWS/EVENTS/TRAVEL:Students who are interested in riding at the 2015 College Preparatory Invitational Horse Show in Wellington, FL can sign up as of July 15.  Here are the full details.A continued reminder that I will be unavailable for meetings from June 12 - 22.  I will keep up with email and text messages, just no meetings will be scheduled.Parents:I'm a big fan of Malcolm Gladwell as a general rule and I think he often makes some great points about higher education.  In 2011, he had a piece for The New Yorker that falls into that category for me.  The text is here - it's a discussion of the famed college rankings and how we should really view them.From the blog:I’ve written in the past about the many changes that often come down the path when it comes to college equestrian programs – namely, I outlined how intercollegiate team coaches often change programs or leave the intercollegiate realm altogether and how challenging that can be for first-year students who face not only the uncertainty of entering a new school and riding program, but who also have to do so without benefit of working with the coach who may have recruited them in the first place.  But with all of the recent changes that have hit college equestrian programming in general over the last few weeks, it seemed apropos to touch on the larger subject of how to address your college search in the face of potential upheaval.Read More