If I were to summarize what I do as an educational consultant, private tutor, booking agent, and concert promoter, I’d just say I’m a talent scout. In both of my businesses, I look for the student’s strengths and I find ways to make them shine.  In the years that I’ve been working with young people,  Read more »

So, you’ve picked up your cap and gown and you’ve sent in all your college paperwork. Now what?  Here are some practical tips for the summer before college: 1)  Orientation: Make sure you’ve signed up and paid for Summer Orientation at your college. It would be a good idea to share this info with your  Read more »

I remember being told that college would be the best years of my life.  In some respects, they were right.  I met some very interesting and fun people, had some great professors, and even studied a year in Austria for next to nothing.   After sending out a ton of resumes, and interviewing for positions  Read more »

Students don’t need more talk about “education reform”.   What is needed is a complete redesign – an education revolution. Fed up with a public education system that tries to be “one size fits all”, students all over the world have figured out what homeschoolers have known for decades: You don’t need to be in school  Read more »

Why do so many students hate school? For many students I have worked with and interviewed, school equates to a 13-year jail sentence.  Once they enter those school doors, they have no say as to how, when, where, and what they can learn, or with whom. This is especially true with extremely bright, creative, talented  Read more »

I once attended a workshop on creativity taught by a psychologist who admitted he wasn’t creative but he knew creative people.  And this is the problem with most schools today.  Despite the myriad of educational techniques and fads, most teachers really have no idea what gifted, creative, and talented students need because they never were  Read more »

In job-hunting and applying to college, a thin letter in your mailbox is never a good sign. Or is it? In the case of a deferral letter, this doesn’t mean you were rejected from the college, it just means you haven’t been fully accepted – yet. At this point in time, colleges have already accepted  Read more »

Seniors: It’s your last semester of high school!  If you’re headed to college, are you in panic mode or has senioritis crept in? Neither condition is optimal but here are some last-minute tips to help you stay on track: 1)  Keep your grades up and hand in assignments and projects! Don’t assume that, since you’ve already  Read more »

Transitioning from high school to college is often harder on the parents than the students.  Here are some tips gleaned from my years as a parent, consultant, and admissions counselor: 1) Give your teen some space: Don’t feel hurt or insulted if they’d rather spend more time with their friends than with you. They also may  Read more »

What do Harvard, Yale, MIT, Stanford, and Duke all have in common? In addition to being top-tier schools, they are just some of the colleges that actively recruit homeschoolers – and offer them scholarships. What these colleges have discovered is that homeschoolers represent a very attractive talent pool: These students tend to be exceptionally bright,  Read more »