by Anne Cochran | Oct 17, 2020 | Expert Advice, Featured
In the last of Anne Cochran’s 10 part series she asks us, the parents, a very important question: What in the world happened to those well-meaning, principled folks who parented most of us? After spending enough years in school leadership to intuit behavioral...
by Anne Cochran | Sep 15, 2020 | Education, Expert Advice, Featured
“How many colleges should I apply to?” How many college applications are enough? Too many? The opening weeks of school in the fall is the time of year when I get these questions from nearly everyone in my senior class. Most college-counselor types will tell you to...
by Anne Cochran | Aug 19, 2020 | Education, Expert Advice
College Admissions Will Never Be The Same, So Change Your Strategy. There is no tried-and-true recipe for carrying out college application and choice tasks. I think that in its best form, it’s a self-created, meandering and personal journey that is largely based on an...
by Anne Cochran | Jul 27, 2020 | Expert Advice
What does College look like in a Pandemic? Our myriad pandemic-related life changes have brought forth all sorts of indications to me that parents don’t intend to roll with these shifts without putting up some big fights. Here’s the truth. Like you and whatever...
by Anne Cochran | Jun 21, 2020 | Education, Expert Advice, Guest Writers
It’s the Little Things that Matter “Anne, Suzy isn’t doing anything that will look good on her college applications. I’m so frustrated with her.” “Anne, what in the world should I do about Joey this summer, now that COVID-19 has essentially shut down the plans...
by Anne Cochran | May 15, 2020 | Education, Featured
What a time we had as a school community on Thursday! We ordered and received graduation lawn signs for the portion of our current seniors who requested them, and we started making plans on how we’d get them into their households’ hands — not such an easy feat during...
by Anne Cochran | Apr 15, 2020 | Education, Expert Advice
The world has completely changed… …since I last sat down to write another installment of this blog series of mine. Covid-19 hit us hard and life rapidly moved in ways many of us certainly didn’t see coming. If you’ve been a reader of this series, you know...
by Anne Cochran | Mar 14, 2020 | Education, Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers
After College Graduation Here’s the conversation: Me: How old is Trevor? Parent: 24Me: Where did Trevor go to college? Parent: (You name it) University Me: What is/How is Trevor doing today? Parent: (Face ever-so-slightly drops, eyes dart elsewhere, hands subtly...
by Anne Cochran | Feb 16, 2020 | Education, Expert Advice, Featured
Where Should I Go to College? insidewink’s monthly column about the college-planning process you and your teenager may be living through or planning to tackle in the foreseeable future. You can read Part 1 of “Ten Curious Things Parents Do To Mess Up Their...
by Anne Cochran | Jan 23, 2020 | Education, Expert Advice, Guest Writers
There is a Lot to Learn About the College Planning Process insidewink’s new monthly column about the college-planning process you and your teenager may be living through or planning to tackle in the foreseeable future. Hello! I’m Anne Cochran. What qualifies me...
