Daily Archives: March 29, 2010


Finishing STRONG!

It’s easy to forget during spring standardized test crunch time—which would be, um, NOW—that the most important thing you can do to get into college is to earn the best grades you can in the most rigorous curriculum you can take. Here’s some good advice to remember down the stretch: Don’t forget. Conventional wisdom is that the first impression we make is the most important, but when it comes to grades, our LAST impression is the most LASTing. Take it from a 20+ year classroom teacher: When teachers go to enter students’ final grades, what we most remember is your most recent […]