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Comparing Colleges: What Families Should Ask

February 14, 20121 comment

Lisa Ransdell, Ph.D., IECA Associate Member (Colorado) There is plenty of information out there about comparing colleges based on data points, much of it useful. Obvious factoids include total cost of attendance, average amount of student need covered, retention and graduation rates, and so on. Colleges and universities prospecting for good students are masters at … Read more »

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Whose Essay Is This Anyway?

January 18, 201211 comments

by Marcia Kramer, IECA (NJ) I e-mailed Gabe and his parents: “You need to rewrite this essay. It sounds like an adult wrote it.” I decided I’d save the explanation about the admissions reps knowing how 17-year-olds write for the later discussion we would be sure to have when Gabe’s parents denied writing the piece … Read more »

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8 Reasons why Boarding School is a Good Choice for Difficult Kids

November 29, 20115 comments

by Lucy Pritzker, IECA Associate Member (New Jersey) 1. Predictability Boarding schools provide a predictable routine that is impossible to replicate at home. All difficult children, whether they suffer from an anxiety disorder, a mood disorder, Asperger’s, or ADHD, thrive on predictable routines. At boarding school, meals are served at a precise time each day, … Read more »

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IECA Members Offer College Search Advice to Go See Campus Users

August 1, 20111 comment

by Kevin Preis, Ed.M., Founder of Go See Campus   This year marks the second term of IECA’s strategic partnership with Go See Campus. Just in case… you haven’t seen it mentioned in IECA’s e-mail updates, I haven’t chatted with you on the phone, or we didn’t share a bowl of Cincinnati chili at the IECA … Read more »

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Anxiety Over College Admissions

May 11, 20113 comments

by Janet Rosier, IECA Member (Connecticut) I was chosen to participate on a panel to discuss the film “The Race to Nowhere” at the Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven in March of this year. After the screening, the audience members were encouraged to give their impressions. The tension in the room was palpable. … Read more »

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Move over “Helicopter Parents” – A Hybrid Parent Has Replaced You

May 10, 20116 comments

by Kathie Carnahan, IECA Member (Louisiana) As college IECs sprinted towards the May 1st universal response date, some of us experienced an increased number of procrastinating seniors. Waffling between this college and that college became an unfortunate recurring theme with several of my students.  All of them are bright, having excelled throughout high school. This … Read more »

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It’s ALWAYS About the Match

April 14, 2011no comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA Two very different experiences yesterday brought home the singular message that has dominated this profession since it was “created” more than 35 years ago. Yesterday morning I participated in a research session sponsored by the American Society of Association Executives Foundation. Along with eight other association CEOs, we delved … Read more »

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On NY Mom Suing Preschool for Ruining Daughter’s Chance at the Ivy League

March 21, 20111 comment

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA Most of the country was focused last week on the unfolding multiple disasters in Japan. Not in New York City’s Upper East Side where the story of the week was one mother’s lawsuit against a private preschool. Nicole Imprescia filed suit against York Avenue Preschool for having “jeopardized little … Read more »

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‘Tiger Mother’ Book is More Interesting Than the Snippets You’ve Heard

February 16, 20117 comments

But the book is not, as some have led you to believe, simply a recitation by Amy Chua of why her method of parenting—the Chinese way—is superior to permissive Western parenting. Rather it helps understand another mindset. One where allowing a child to stop when something gets tough reinforces failure, while she wanted her daughters to see they could achieve more than they imagined with hard work. More importantly it is a story of two very different daughters and how the “Chinese way” worked for one, but not the other. By book’s end it is clear that the book is really about discovering that children are different, requiring different motivators, parenting, and approaches. And that’s a story that resonates.

Amy Chua will be a featured speaker at the IECA Spring Conference this May in Philadelphia. Watch for conference registration to open in a few days.

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Mantra: Parents Are the Customer, but the Student is the Client. Repeat as Needed.

February 10, 20118 comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA I am frequently asked the question—by the media, by independent educational consultants (IECs), and other professionals—about the IEC’s relative obligations to the student, the parents, and the school, college, and program. The last of these is easiest. IECs have a singular obligation to admission directors at all levels: to … Read more »

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