Counselors' Corner
Views and opinions about the counseling profession
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Reforming College Admissions
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by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D. It’s spring, and with most college decisions out, calls are blossoming for college application reform li...
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
College Admissions, Juniors, and COVID
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by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D. This will be the last high school class that will have the culture-changing year of 2020-21 as part of t...
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Community Colleges and “Completion”
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by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D. Many of the students I worked with as a counselor at a community college had a story like this one: He t...
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Deposits, Deferrals, Waitlists, and Your Second First Choice
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by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D. A first occurred last week, when I had two columns in a row that solicited reader comments with recommen...
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
College Admission and the Best in Class
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by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D. Counselor chat rooms are already filling up with comments from colleagues who are in a state of disbelie...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
“We’ll Take You—Right Now”
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by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D. The student was unsure what to do. One of the colleges she applied to notified her she had been admitted...
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Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Colleges—About Those Rejection Letters
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by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D. I offered my condolences to the father of a student turned down by their dream school. The father seemed...
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