High Schools Suck at Getting Students College Success, Pt.5
Here’s four action steps to ensure your child gets the best results regardless of their high school preparation.
Over the course of this article series I discussed various reasons why most high schools are ill-equipped to get your child the college success you desire. And, truth be told, high schools were not designed to guarantee students college admissions and scholarships.
High schools are vehicles to get students high school diplomas. Beyond that credential, everything else is a perk.
While you can’t control how great your child’s school is at getting them to and through college, you can control how your child shows up as a candidate for selective colleges and scholarship panels.
Over the past decade, my work life has been dedicated to this very objective — turning students into scholars for maximum college success.
Student to Scholar
Steven was my fourth student to win the Gates Millennium Scholarship and right from the start I knew he was a strong competitor for the award. He checked all the “scholar status” boxes.
- Impressive GPA and standardized test scores
- Graduating in the top 10% of his senior class
- Challenged himself…
