by paulculp | Apr 1, 2019 | Admissions, Applications
By Paul Culp, MA (Oxon.), CFT, GCDF, CCSP Twice now we’ve written about peculiar scholarships, in parts one and two of The Odds Are Good But the Goods Are Odd. Now it’s time to look at unusual colleges. For this we need some ground rules, because it would be easy...
by paulculp | Mar 16, 2019 | Admissions, Applications
We’re guessing Target won’t be carrying a Mossimo back-to-college line next fall, but there are bigger things to worry about. By Paul Culp, MA (Oxon.), CFT, GCDF, CCSP The recent “Varsity Blues” college admissions bribery scandal has trained a cold...
by paulculp | Jan 31, 2019 | Admissions, Applications
By Paul Culp, MA (Oxon.), CFT, GCDF, CCSP “Call no man happy before his death,” Sophocles wrote. In other words, it’s never too late to ruin your life. Late winter and early spring mean the end is in sight for high school students waiting for the verdict from college...
by paulculp | Jan 22, 2019 | Admissions, Applications, High School Students, Money, Paying for College, Scholarships
By Paul Culp, MA (Oxon.), CFT, GCDF, CCSP Hercules apparently wasn’t college material. If he had been, admissions officers and scholarship sources might have found his Twelve Labors impressive as a measure of his community service—up to a point. They probably...
by paulculp | Jan 19, 2019 | Admissions, Applications, High School Students
By Paul Culp, MA (Oxon.), CFT, GCDF, CCSP The kids aren’t ready, but the colleges themselves must share the blame for the college preparedness crisis. A few months ago, we reported on the lamentable fact that the majority of American college students leave without...
by paulculp | Oct 2, 2018 | Applications
(Photo courtesy of Round House) By Paul Culp, MA (Oxon.), CFT, GCDF, CCSP It’s a shame that I’m not wearing overalls. That’s because it’s always appropriate to be wearing overalls and hook your thumb in one of the shoulder straps whenever you begin an utterance...
