Blog: Miscellaneous
SEP
11
2019
ISEE: What You Need to Know
The ISEE (Independent School Entrance Exam) is a widely accepted entrance exam for independent schools, and is the most commonly taken test for admission to Colorado independent schools…
AUG
17
2019
4 Tips to Get Off a College Waitlist
Many soon to be college freshmen are disappointed to learn that they have been wait-listed by a “top choice” college. And, at many schools, the odds of getting off the wait-list are slim…
AUG
7
2019
The Importance of Developing Number Sense
Since the advent of the modern American educational system, students have long complained that their coursework doesn’t feel like anything they’ll ever use “in real life”…
JUL
26
2019
Why Your Brain Needs You to Read…Every Day
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Reading puts your brain to work. Your brain on books is growing and changing…
JUL
11
2019
Test Anxiety: How Students and Parents Can Make Tests Less Intimidating
Tests make most of us anxious. While that’s certainly not revelatory news, the fact that test anxiety can be a good thing is something that we often don’t consider…
JUN
27
2019
Fear of the Blank Page: How to Start Your College Essays
For many rising seniors, the onset of summer marks the beginning of college application season. Even if the final list of colleges isn’t yet complete, with the stress of Junior year in the rear-view mirror, summer is a great time to get a start on your college essays…
JUN
20
2019
Graduate School Loan Debt: An Outsized Problem
The exorbitant cost of higher education in the United States, and the ensuing student debt crisis it has created is no secret. The full scope of student borrowing was recently revealed when…
JUN
13
2019
Cultivating Curiosity
Albert Einstein noted, “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” And, it appears, perhaps unsurprisingly, that Einstein was right…
JUN
5
2019
A Summer Reading List for the Family
As students wrap up final exams and the stress of a hectic school year fades, it can be easy to let all thoughts of mental enrichment fade as well…
MAY
22
2019
Transitioning to College: What Every Student Should Know
The transition from high school to college is a defining moment in a student’s life. Gone are many of the safety nets a student has grown accustom to…
MAY
1
2019
Memory Retention Methods Debunked
At Moser Educational, we define “Learning Theory” as the process whereby students absorb, process, retain, and apply knowledge. Unfortunately, we spend relatively little time with our students each week…
APR
24
2019
The 2019 Moser Opportunity Scholarship Program
As an organization dedicated to student success, we share in the frustrations of many that students of limited financial means have less access to paid services that can help them accomplish their goals…
APR
4
2019
Meet the Western Undergraduate Exchange
Many students and parents often discount the possibility of attending an out-of-state public college or university due to the exorbitant cost of non-resident tuition…
MAR
27
2019
An Open Letter on the College Admissions Scandal
During recent weeks, we have received a growing number of questions and concerns regarding the college admissions cheating scandal that has captured the attention of students, parents, counselors, and educational professionals across the country…
FEB
27
2019
Taking a “Gap Year”
With increasing frequency, we are fielding questions from parents about the idea of having their children take a “gap year.” Sometimes, the parent is seeking validation for the decision to have her son take a year off post-high school…
FEB
1
2019
Does Standardized Testing Have Value?
Those of a certain generation remember well a scene from “The Karate Kid” in which Daniel-San is instructed to interminably wax cars, sand floors, and refinish fences. As only an 80s movie could, “The Karate Kid” goes on to teach viewers…
DEC
28
2018
The Myth of the Ivy League
For many high school seniors, winter is a time of limbo, when feverish work on college applications yields to the long wait for news of acceptance or rejection. Every applicant hopes for admission to a top choice school, and friends and family eagerly await news…
DEC
5
2018
Making the Most of Winter Break
With winter break just a few weeks away, students are busier than ever, preparing for end-of-semester exams, projects, and papers…