John Vandemoer spent more than a decade as Stanford University’s sailing coach before he was conned by college placement counselor Rick Singer, who had approached him under the guise of helping a sailing program that needed both donations and help finding recruits to stay afloat. He was unwittingly caught up in the “Varsity Blues” scandal, which […]
John Vandemoer spent more than a decade as Stanford University’s sailing coach before he was conned by college placement counselor Rick Singer, who had approached him under the guise of helping a sailing program that needed both donations and help finding recruits to stay afloat. He was unwittingly caught up in the “Varsity Blues” scandal, which […]
“Summer is a great time to get a jump on your college applications.” Sounded great last spring, didn’t it?
If you have a teenager, chances are you spend a lot of time talking to other parents about college admissions. The rumors, (he got in where?) the fear (she had a 5.23 GPA and got 12 rejections) and the sport (crew is the ticket to the Ivies) come up again and again. College admissions is […]
Ethan Steinberg is traveling and serving others during his gap year between high school graduation and starting college at Miami University. Make It Better believes that the following excerpts demonstrates not only the value of a gap year experience, but also reason to be enthusiastic about the future Ethan and others in his generation […]
