College Admissions Clinic Radio Episode #1- How we can help your family

May 5, 2011 by  
Filed under Podcasts

Dr. Marshall Shumsky and Hayden Shumsky discuss the college admission process and their method of helping find the right fit colleges for students and families. Topics covered include:
  • Dr. Shumsky's unique experience as a professor at Northwestern Univ. and Univ. of Virginia and the insights he gained into why students needed help with finding the right college
  • How College Admissions Clinic are different from High School College Counselors.
  • Treating student interests and future prospects as the centerpiece of our work.
  • Approaching students as young adults with in our adult-to-adult collaboration.
  • Creating trusting, open relationships with students.
  • Helping students take control of the college selection process and carrying that to the rest of their lives.
  • Helping students to figure out how they might fit into different kinds... Read More »

    More Nonsense About MBA Salaries

    May 24, 2010 by  
    Filed under Uncategorized

    Business Week is adding suspicious fuel to the fire in the argument about the value of Business School.  Citing non-scientific, user-submitted salary data from Payscale is the first clue as to the dubious-ness of the massive salaries earned by MBAs from top business schools.  Second, even if the data were true, historical performance is no indicator of future success.  Just ask the MBAs from the Class of 2010.  Offers are way down and salaries are too. In the last month, we've received feedback regarding  job offers and salaries from contacts at MBA programs at UTexas-Austin, Yale, Babson, and Georgetown.  While this is not scientific data either, we've heard the same thing from all:  few job offers and much lower than... Read More »