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A Visit to Seton Hall University
The official e-newsletter of The Equestrian College Advisor.
From the blog:
The 2018 #NJACAC Bus Tour was winding down when we pulled into the campus of Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, but our intrepid group of higher education professionals was still going strong! (And with generous hospitality and a warm welcome from their staff and students, how could we not be?) Read More
Many students, nervous about a new environment, follow friends from high school or people whose demographic backgrounds match their own into homogeneous cocoons. That can indeed provide solace and support. But it’s also a wasted opportunity — educationally, morally, strategically.
Dread is fueled by powerlessness, rather than by sorrow, and there’s more reason for kids to feel impotent these days with the internet and smartphones.
among teenagers—kids are bombarded with so many demands that are nonnegotiable (or that they perceive to be), they become overwhelmed by the accompanying dread. As the ASU psychologist Suniya Luthar
The
New York Times
last year, teenagers “never get to the point where they can say, ‘I’ve done enough, and now I can stop.’”
As a new school year begins, incoming NCEA athletes will pack up and move hundreds, if not thousands, of miles to pursue their passion. Last summer, as I attempted to pack everything I owned into a small dorm, while competing at both the AQHA Youth World and NSBA World shows, my head was filled with a seemingly infinite number of questions. Yes, I knew where I was living and what classes I was taking; but, I lacked answers for the majority of my questions regarding what my experience would be like on a collegiate equestrian team. My solution for this lack of answers was to reach out to any equestrian team member I saw and ask every question that popped into my head. Read More
