Thursday, September 20, 2012

Seniors Panicked About College Apps?—Tell Them to Slow Down

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By Patrick O'Connor Ph.D The school year is less than a month old, but some college-bound seniors feel like they’ve been writing for...
Thursday, September 13, 2012

I Heard it Through the Grapevine Your College Apps Aren’t Going Well

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By Patrick O'Connor Ph.D Since I’m from Detroit, it’s only natural for Motown songs to come to mind on big occasions. On my...
Thursday, September 6, 2012

Applying to College? Here's How

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Patrick O'Connor is  Associate  Dean  of College   Counseling   at  Cranbrook-Kingswood   School in  Bloomfield Hills, Michigan...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

The Web has Changed While You Were Away

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By Patrick O'Connor  Ph.D Counselors aren’t the only ones coming back to school with a new outlook.  While we’ve been away at the be...
Thursday, July 5, 2012

July is Latin for “Don’t Think About College”—Really!

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By Patrick O'Connor  Ph.D Summer vacation may have been designed to let students help out with the crops, but now it offers you a chan...
Thursday, June 28, 2012

And to Think School's Out!

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By Patrick O'Connor Ph.D The start of the off season for college counselors was sufficiently trampled last week with college news tha...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Opportunity, Liberty, and College

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By Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D If you’ve already packed your beach reading for the summer, it’s time to make room for two more articles—and...