The official e-newsletter of The Equestrian College Advisor.

From the blog:

It’s hard to be a teenager these days. It’s hard to be the parent of a teenager these days.

(Admittedly, as someone who is neither a teenager, nor the parent of one, I make the above statements from the perspective of an observer who spends a great deal of time networking with these two specific groups of people, but let me be clear, readers – based on my observations, I stand by said statements. Watch the news and chat with parents and teens and all one can possibly conclude is that it’s rough out there right now!)

I blame social media. Read More

October is a big month for testing: the SAT is offered on Saturday Oct. 6 and the ACT is offered on Saturday October 27. Additionally, nearly all high school juniors across the nation will be taking the PSAT on Wednesday Oct. 10 and many other sophomores and juniors will be taking the PLAN  – an early version of the ACT in October as well. The PLAN predicts a student’s performance on the ACT test and also measures academic achievement in English, math, reading, and science.

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Parents of young children see a lot advice about saving for college. Trying to save for the full sticker price can be daunting — even for an in-state public school. For most people, it makes sense to consider how much financial aid your family might receive when developing a savings strategy.

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Henceforth.

It was right there in the last sentence of the first paragraph of Mikey’s college essay. I was supposed to believe this typical high school senior, who had inhabited this planet for a slight 17 years, chose to use the word “henceforth.” Mikey was a good kid. He worked hard in school. He loved basketball and girls and math.

He had a certain way with words, but “henceforth” wasn’t one of his words.Read More

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