Note from Mr. Allen: I asked my colleague Graeme Brown to pen a guest post to coincide with the release of PSAT scores. Graeme Brown is the Ivy West Regional Director in the Orange County and San Diego regions. Graeme is a former Ivy West tutor, professional baseball player in the New York Mets organization, […]
I asked two test preparation professionals to submit guest posts on the PSAT. The first is by Mr. Allan Pullido. Allan Pulido is the Outreach Director for The Princeton Review and also has 13 years of SAT teaching experience. He studied Math and English at UC Irvine and is an avid San Diego Chargers fan. […]
SMES 2002 alumnus Colter Flemming returned to his native Texas after college and works with the McDermott Scholars Program at The University of Texas at Dallas. Recently, Colter invited me to Dallas to visit the University and to learn more about the program. I was impressed. I asked Colter to write a post for this blog. […]
Andy Ellison is a 2008 SMES alumnus. Hi, my name is Andy Ellison and I graduated from SMES in 2008. Currently, I attend Arizona State University where I am studying Journalism. Arizona State is obviously not very high on the list of universities that an SMES alum would attend, believe me I know. But there […]
Mr. Chris Tokuhama is an admissions officer at the University of Southern California. This is the second piece he’s written for this blog. Here is a link to his first contribution. There is, quite possibly, nothing like seeing someone finally get it. I sat across a desk and watched as the student in front of […]
Ms. McColgan and I asked select college admissions colleagues to submit guest posts to this blog because we want you to hear their voices. Our friend and colleague Chris Tokuhama sent in this entry. Chris is in his fifth year with the Office of Admission at the University of Southern California and also studies the […]
A number of SMES alums are in the area this summer and have agreed to write guest posts. Class of 2008 valedictorian, Jonathan Wang, is at Princeton University. Hi! My name is Jonathan Wang, St. Margaret’s Class of ‘08, and I’m delighted to share some of my thoughts with the readers of this blog. Though […]
This is the first guest blogger to post. Jeff is a star from the Class of 2008 who attends Colby College in Waterville, Maine. I asked Jeff to write about how he’s spending his summer. Hi, I’m Jeff Carpenter. I graduated SMES last year (’08) and I’m a rising sophomore at Colby College in Waterville, […]