January 2025 College Guy Rant for Seniors! Hey Seniors - greetings from the College Guy! Hope everyone had a safe and restful Holiday break. Cold here in Maine but very little snow - can’t say I really miss it. Most of you have sent all your applications in to your colleges and are now playing the waiting game. [...]
November College Guy Rant for Seniors! Hey Class of ’25 - happy November! For those of you not in the Northeast here’s a hit of some stunning fall colors. Enjoy! Some of you have sent out Early Action and Early Decision applications. Nice job, and good luck! Read on for a couple important [...]
Hey Seniors - greetings from the College Guy! Man oh man time flies, doesn’t it? Winter’s grip has loosened here in Maine (well to be honest - it never really tightened) and those of you who applied Early Decision and Early Action have heard from your colleges by now. For those who are still waiting to hear from the colleges they applied [...]
Hi there Seniors (and their parental units) - Greetings from sunny Maine where the leaves are turning and the comforters are out of the cedar chest and on the beds. Chilly at night! Well for the first time since 2016 my Yankees aren’t in the playoffs, so I’ve got more time on my hands than usual, so let’s talk College [...]
Hey Seniors - greetings from the College Guy! Man oh man time flies, doesn’t it? Winter’s grip has loosened here in Maine and most of you have heard from your colleges by now. For those who are still waiting to hear from the most selective colleges, this week and next you should get your “final tallies”. Here's a PDF of an old Boston Globe [...]
Holy Game 6 of the World Series Batman, time flies and it’s November already! Time for the College Guy to check in and make sure all you seniors (and parents of seniors) are on task with your College Applications. Print this bad boy out cause there’s lots of good (and timely) information in it. Fuhgeddabout trying to read it on [...]
Hey seniors and parental units, Here’s another CGR comin’ at you like a Gerrit Cole four-seamer (GO YANKS TONIGHT!) - keep yer eye on the ball and pay close attention cause there’s a lot of stuff in here you can use. There’ll be a PART TWO coming shortly - exclusively for parents and guardians concerning the October 1 availability of [...]
“Yes I received your letter yesterday around the time the doorknob broke. When you asked me how I was doing was that some kind of joke? All these people that you mentioned, yes I know them, they’re quite lame. I had to rearrange their faces and give them all another name. Right now I can’t read too good don’t send [...]
Hey Seniors - greetings from the College Guy! We had a heat wave (mid ‘40s) today here in Maine, and so far have by and large avoided the rigors of a Maine winter. Plenty of time yet for snow to fall and temps to plummet, but as the days get longer we’re beginning to see harbingers of spring. And if [...]
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 [...]