| The stairway to college is made up of steps that will | | | | this with a sigh |
| take you to the higher education that's right for | | | | Somewhere ages and ages hence: |
| you-and (yes) ONLY you! | | | | Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- |
| How high school and college diverge. | | | | I took the one less traveled by, |
| The high school experience moves students through | | | | And that has made all the difference. |
| the school system in groups. Where do you fit in? | | | | Selecting a college or university is not about following |
| How are you viewed? Athlete? Actor? Academic | | | | the path of everyone else, is it? Ivy League? Or not. |
| wiz? | | | | Big 10 Football? Or not. While college has become |
| To survive and excel in high school, you find that you | | | | more expensive and competitive, the path you choose |
| must meet the expectations for people who are much | | | | may surprise all those around you. |
| the same. Yet, in college, and in much of the world | | | | Don't let this idea frighten your parents or shock your |
| after college, the key to excellence, and the route to | | | | friends. Here's the core: Trust the voice inside of you. |
| happiness, is often to carve your own path. | | | | Small classes: do they appeal to you or stifle you? |
| How do you feel when you read this classic poem by | | | | Trust your emotions when visiting this type of school. |
| Robert Frost? | | | | A sprawling college campus: Does it welcome you or |
| The Road Not TakenTwo roads diverged in a yellow | | | | bore you? Trust your intuition over every choice. And |
| wood, | | | | when you meet with two diverging paths, feel proud of |
| And sorry I could not travel both | | | | the decision to take the one less traveled. Susan Curtis |
| And be one traveler, long I stood | | | | Editor and Publisher Susan received her B.A. in |
| And looked down one as far as I could | | | | Psychology from Smith College. She did research for |
| To where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the | | | | Jean Piaget, the celebrated Swiss educator, and |
| other, as just as fair, | | | | Howard Gardner, whose work on multiple intelligences |
| And having perhaps the better claim, | | | | has had a profound impact on practice in education. |
| Because it was grassy and wanted wear; | | | | She applies these innovative approaches in all her |
| Though as for that the passing there | | | | counseling work with young people. Susan has helped |
| Had worn them really about the same,And both that | | | | hundreds of individuals reach and exceed their |
| morning equally lay | | | | professional goals while serving clients such as |
| In leaves no step had trodden black. | | | | America Online, The Financial Times of London, and |
| Oh, I kept the first for another day! | | | | other publishing, and Internet companies. |
| Yet knowing how way leads on to way, | | | | She is also the founding publisher of The Balancing |
| I doubted if I should ever come back.I shall be telling | | | | Act Magazine, and Mobile Office Magazine. |