By Adam Muri-Rosenthal, Ph.D. This one’s personal for me. While I’ve never hidden my own neurodiversity, I’ve also never before addressed it in a public forum like this one. But part of my neurodiversity has been a guileless—at times appreciated by some as honest and direct, at others derided as naive—willingness to open up to..
By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. As someone whose job is to help young people convey their innermost thoughts, strongest feelings, and most meaningful experiences to perfect strangers (namely admissions representatives), one question that has frequently arisen over the years is, “Should I talk about my mental health struggles?” As conversations about these topics become even..
By Nora Lessersohn Junior year is supposed to be the year you really “come into your own” as a high school student. Normally, you could excel in clubs or sports, in the classroom, and at summer programs. But this year, many of these opportunities are unavailable. So, how do you stay engaged, keep up morale,..
By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. While schools have closed and parents scramble to find ways to juggle all of their new responsibilities as most support networks disappear, I’ve watched several students enter a free fall in which they can’t tell left from right, nor up from down. It is a natural reaction, a form of..
By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. Just before November 1st is that time of year when anxiety runs high and you start imagining all of the things that could go wrong. Let me reassure you that almost all of your worries are unfounded. Here are the 5 most common things that seniors and their parents worry..
By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. “The process is now out of my hands. I’m not going to bother checking in.” “My son is so lazy and stubborn. You’re going to have to work around that.” “Why even bother reaching out to colleges? Some of them don’t even track interest.” These are some of the statements..
By Victoria Tillson Evans, Ph.D. One Exam. Four Hours. The Rest of Your life. If you’re anything like most people, you dread the power of the standardized test. After all, not only do most college admissions committees use S.A.T. and A.C.T. scores to siphon off candidates, but financial aid officers also often implement them to..