Gratitude for Our College Admissions Representatives
Elizabeth Cavallari, Director of College Counseling Putting a face to a name: admissions representatives provide an insider perspective on [...]
Standardized Testing: The Dread of Every College Applicant
Elizabeth Cavallari, Director of College Counseling The college-bound HRA Class of 2026 Test-optional. Test-blind. Test-preferred. Test-required. Every college-bound [...]
Campus Visits: The Stories Brochures Don’t Tell
Elizabeth Cavallari, Director of College Counseling Members of the Class of 2026 visit the University of Mary Washington [...]
Confronting Achievement Culture: A Values-First Approach to College Admissions
Elizabeth Cavallari, Director of College Counseling This summer, Hampton Roads Academy faculty were asked to read one of three [...]
“Madness, Hypochondria, and the Failure of College”
Ben Rous, Assistant Head of School Director of Upper School (Former Director of College Counseling) HRA: In literature, madness [...]
The Power of Choice
Ben Rous, Assistant Head of School Director of Upper School (Former Director of College Counseling) HRA: The COVID 19 [...]
Project Oxygen and the Air We Breathe
HRA: In 2008, Google launched Project Oxygen, a self-study designed to measure the effectiveness of their team managers. They found [...]
The Darkest Hour is Just Before the Dawn
Ben Rous, Assistant Head of School Director of Upper School (Former Director of College Counseling) HRA: It was already [...]
“Just Because It’s Easy Doesn’t Make It Right”
Ben Rous, Assistant Head of School Director of Upper School (Former Director of College Counseling) HRA: The previous post [...]
“If a Tree Falls in the Forest…”
Ben Rous, Assistant Head of School Director of Upper School (Former Director of College Counseling) HRA: We’re all familiar [...]
