This terrific Scott Carlson piece examines a major college-completion barrier that hinders many students. Imagine if this issue prompted the same front-page OMGing that the Ivies do. tinyurl.com/cybcthbk

Colleges that want to promote character among applicants are going to ask themselves what their admission and aid practices reveal about the character of their own institutions, right?

Wait, do colleges have to hide check-box data on race/ethnicity from admissions officers now? Can race still play a role in targeted recruitment + outreach? More on post-SCOTUS federal guidance. tinyurl.com/yehptnnn

won a NACAC award for inclusion, access, & success Shout out to Natl Association for College Admission Counseling & Angel B. Pérez Thx to @Wh10Sean Tony Sarda Eric Hoover Nikki Kāhealani Chun & Akil Bello (took the “nationally recognized” bio line from) & Amber Patrice Riley who taught me not to be humble from the xoNecole interview

Here’s an incomplete list of athletes with the same height and weight as Donald Trump who said he was 6’3 and 215 Pounds. A thread. 🧵 First up is quarterback Aaron Rodgers who is 6’2, 223 pounds.

Kids today just don’t understand.

Heading to #NACAC23 and excited to reconnect with so many friends and colleagues and to meet new ones!

According to USNWR, I am the #1 ranked college admissions professional between the ages of 38-42 with astigmatism and born from Guatemalan immigrant parents on this flight. Time to update my LinkedIn.

Sad to miss everyone at #NACAC this year. Here’s a few tips for a successful #NACAC: Wear comfortable shoes, drink water, get coffee not @ hotel, mingle in lobby bar after dinner, drink more water, stay out late, meet Tony Sarda & @ end of sessions ask 1 question, no comments. ✌🏻

I asked about 15 counselors at #NACAC if political leanings of a destination state were playing a greater role in college list building this year. Only two said no. #EMTalk

In case you missed my speech Thank you to R and R’s family, Nikki Kāhealani Chun, Eric Hoover, @Wh10Sean, Tony Sarda, @pwcs’s counselors that do 10x amount of work as I do and make my work possible, and Natl Association for College Admission Counseling #admissionsnerdcamp #nacac2023 PCACAC 🥳🥰🦀🐧

This was so much fun! Thank you DJ Menifee for having me on the podcast!

Imagine this: You have 70+ parents in a library on a Wednesday night with their kids to complete the FAFSA. More than half can’t move forward on it because there’s not a process for them that works, despite promises to the contrary. There’s no date to give them for a fix.

If you are a college that is asking for the FAFSA by January 15, please email me, call me, LinkedIn me, and let’s chat. I mean this in all sincerity. What’s on the ground is far different than what any of us expected. Kids are counting on us. 💙

HS senior: “Basically, it’s on me to translate all of this admissions vocabulary that I’m not always sure about into Spanish for my mom. It’s kind of an extra admissions requirement.”