Hey there members of the Class of ‘21 (and their parents), Greetings from Gary the College Guy! I’ve been busy with class of ’20 students but now that most seniors' applications have been “put to bed” you can expect to begin getting my periodic “rants" over the next year. These emails are designed to pull your coat, tickle your fancy and put you [...]
Hey Seniors - greetings from the College Guy! Been a while since I’ve sent one of these to you so pay attention cause this will be long and contain a lot of useful advice. First things first - the College Guy has a new email address: gcanter465@gmail.com. Due to an unexpected glitch with my Spectrum Cable and Internet provider my gcanter1@maine.rr.com email [...]
Hi seniors! Sounds good, no? Perhaps just a bit scary? Allow me to intrude upon your reverie and talk about what lies ahead this fall. Trust me, I’m enjoying the sun and the beach and the relaxed schedule (and my high flying NY Yankees!) as much as I hope you are, but hey, forewarned is forearmed so here are some [...]
Hey Class of 2020! In a scene from Steve Martin’s 1979 movie “The Jerk”, his nebbish-y character Navin R. Johnson runs pell mell down the street upon seeing his name in print for the first time (in the phonebook), declaring to anyone within earshot: “The New Phonebook is Here! THE NEW PHONEBOOK IS HERE!!!!” How times have changed. Who uses phone [...]
Hi again to the class of 2020 and their proud parents and guardians! In my last rant (let me know if you’d like me to resend that one to you) I suggested ten things you should consider doing this summer in between beach blankets and summer sports leagues and your jobs and volunteer internships and travel and whatever else you’ve [...]
Hey soon-to-be-Seniors (like the sound of that?!) and parents of same,Well, spring is finally here and true to form it’s nearly summer - gotta love Maine weather (or else why the heck are you living here??!!!). Graduations happening all around us (including my oldest from Deering HS - woot woot!), summer plans falling nicely in to place (one hopes), and [...]
Check out Frank Bruni's NTY's editorial from yesterday entitled: "Bribes to get in to Yale and Stanford? What else is new?" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/opinion/college-bribery-admissions.html I've been preaching this reality for years - when it comes to college admissions the emperor has no clothes. And is a hypocrite to boot! The only "newsworthy" portion of this latest scandal is the blatant illegality of [...]
Hey there sports fans - there’s plenty of time left before the May 1st deadline for depositing but make no mistake - it's a-coming. Some of you have made your final decision and already sent in deposits. Others are still lingering over the indecision chasm, either for want of a clear preference or for need of additional money. This email is for those students [...]
Hi Juniors - won’t be long before summertime and easy living, and after that like the hungry caterpillar you’ll metamorphose in to a senior! How about that?! (And if that sounds strange to you try being one of your parents: it seems like yesterday my senior daughter was starting kindergarten!!) Hope everyone’s groovy and not overly stressing about all [...]
Hey there members of the Class of ‘20 (and their parents), Greetings from Gary the College Guy! Here’s the first of two March rants I’ll be sending for your elucidation - this one going out for you to groove on as you attain warp speed in this your junior year and think about doing some college visits this spring. As [...]