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🧩 Confused about UT Austin's expanded resume? Our guide explains how to organize and highlight your teen's experiences for maximum impact. Help them tell their unique story! 📝 #UTAdmissions #ParentingTips https://hubs.ly/Q02G0YXJ0

Traditionally a springboard to the top of the resume pile, a degree from an Ivy League university can now prompt questions about its value or even work against job seekers. The skepticism has intensified in the last year after a landmark Supreme Court case exposed inner workings of elite-college admissions and upended affirmative action. Evidence presented in the case revealed, among other things, that 43% of accepted white applicants at Harvard were recruited athletes or children of alumni, donors, faculty or staff. Read more in The Wall Street Journal: https://lnkd.in/gVXeCxTC

Jack Hall, CarterBaldwin practice lead for independent K12 schools, recently presented "The Head of School Interview: Navigating Key Questions" at the annual meeting of the Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS - Serving and Accrediting Independent Schools). Thank you, Jack, for representing CarterBaldwin well and for your continued service to the independent K12 community. Click on the link below to read his recent article on the same topic. #executivesearch #retainedsearch

Well done

High School seniors throughout the month have been waiting in anticipation for notifications from the early application round of college applications. Congratulations to those who have received acceptances. Time to take a deep breath and relax! For those who are disappointed with a deferral notice, please know there are things you can do to help improve your chances in the regular admissions round. -Send an email notifying the admissions office of your intent to enroll if accepted -Update the school of any new awards or anything substantial that has happened since you sent in your early application, and reiterate why you are a good fit -Visit the campus again and personally meet with someone in admissions if feasible and available -An additional letter of recommendation may help. Do your best to demonstrate to the college that you will enroll if accepted, as colleges are extremely interested in accepting students who are most likely to enroll. Even if you don’t get into your “dream” school in the regular round, remember that there are a number of colleges -- not just one -- at which you will thrive. #earlydecision #earlyaction #earlyadmission #collegeacceptance #deferral #collegenotification #collegeadmissions #LovetheJourneytoCollege #MadenbergCollegeConsulting @Love the Journey to College @Madenberg College Consulting https://lnkd.in/eJdaYjGd

Calling the Class of 2025! Here's a snippet of our monthly newsletter with some thoughts and advice as you finish your junior year and head into the summer months. Want to learn more about how we support college applicants? Fill out our contact form (https://lnkd.in/d4Hw8ZgM) to be in touch with our college team. #Classof2025 #collegeadmissions #collegeadvising #collegecounseling #TheSchoolCounselingGroup

Questions to School Board candidates… As a teacher who has been part of several school board screening groups, finding good questions to ask candidates can be a challenge. You want to be specific, but not too specific. You want to have open-ended questions that actually get to issues that are important to educators and will reveal how much candidates know about the real challenges we face. After consulting some colleagues, I would like to share the following questions and encourage you to get these questions to the candidates in your area.

The best thing to invest in is yourself.

https://lnkd.in/e3x_2Eih In the latest edition of my Musings from a 30-year IT Services Career blog, we discuss Tremblay's Truisms - born in the 90s, relevant today