ADDITIONAL Resources

This page is a depository for further resources about the college process that don't fit as easily into one of the other pages. Here, you can find advice to parents, musings on the state of college admissions, and much more. If you have any links or resources you think might be helpful for others to read, please contact collegecounseling@greenhillsschool.org.

PRESENTATIONS & RECORDINGS

2023-2024 School Year

• 12th-Grade College Counseling Kick-Off Meeting: Monday, September 11, 2023

  • Recording (Passcode: Bf0wF.0Z) and Slides

• 11th-Grade College Counseling Kick-Off Meeting: Monday, September 18, 2023

  • Recording (Passcode: 82x4.fJa) and Slides

2022-2023 School Year

• 10th-Grade College Counseling Kick-Off Meeting: Thursday, March 2, 2023

  • Recording (Passcode: gyZH@h0S) and Slides

• 11th-Grade College Counseling Kick-Off Meeting: Wednesday, January 11, 2023

  • Recording (Passcode: S!0qBu#0) and Slides

Links & Articles

• 5 Steps to Successful Gap Year Deferral

• 5 Tips for More Caring College Admissions

• A "Fit" Over Rankings: Why College Engagement Matters More Than Selectivity

• 'Bias Toward Privilege' Prevalent on College Campuses

• College Admissions Conquest: Words Matter

• College Admissions Zombies: Ideas That Need to Die

• The College Rankings Racket

• The College You Go to May Not Matter As Much As You Think

• Dear Therapist: I'm Worried the College Admissions Process Is Rigged Against My Son

• Do College Application Essays Favor the Wealthy?

• Exterminating College Process Termites

• Grown and Flown

• Helicopter Parenting Is Bad for College Kids--But a Little Hovering Is Just Right

• How I Know You Wrote Your Kid's College Essay

• How Not to Flip Your Lid over College Applications

• How to Be an Ethical Parent in the College Admissions Process

• I Got Rejected. Now What?

• Let's Hear It for the Average Child

• The Mess That Is College Admissions, Explained by a Former Dean

• Professor Scott Page: Merit and Equity in an Age of Complexity

• Stanford Report: Why College Rankings Are Deeply Flawed

• 'Stop Trying to Write My Essay'--And Other Things High School Seniors Want to Say to Their Parents

• Top Undergraduate Honors Programs

• Turning the Tide II

• What College Rejections Can Mean

• What Colleges Want in an Applicant (Everything)

• You'll Never Be Famous--And That's OK