Senioritis, noun. An illness afflicting second semester seniors that renders them incapable of completing their work or engaging in their classes as usual. Our school seems to have a particularly dramatic...
After 46 years at the school, Director of Admission Elizabeth Gregory Riordan will be stepping down from her position to focus more time on public education and her new marriage to Los Angeles Mayor Richard...
After working as a Harvard-Westlake Alumni Volunteer for over seven years, Oscar Cancio ’04 will join staff this year as an Associate Director of Admission.
Cancio previously worked in admissions at...
The five freshman and six senior Student Ambassador Co-Chairs for the 2017-2017 school year were announced May 19.
The Co-Chairs for next year are Carli Cooperstein '20, Lauren Nehorai '20, Justin Park...
There is no doubt that Harvard-Westlake is centered around college admissions. We have deans for that specific reason, along with some of the best college acceptance stats in the country and a student...
There is now a general consensus that teens are selfish human beings.
A psychological study from October 2013 from the Wall Street Journal reports that empathy only begins to develop in girls at the age...
For the 35th year in a row, the upper school deans hosted a College Admissions Workshop April 23, designed to show students and their parents what the admissions process looks like. The event featured...
"What is important is that students select activities that are truly meaningful to them and that they really get involved with them," reads UCLA’s Admissions website. "We look for long-standing dedication...
Last year, University of Michigan freshman Jonathan Felker ’14 changed his Facebook name to "nutsackface.’’ It was part of a tradition where seniors change their Facebook names to a pun or a joke...
I ditched a class a few weeks ago. I simply did not attend third period, my directed study in Ancient Greek.
I didn’t forget about class, I wasn’t cramming for a test, I wasn’t even at home "sick."
No,...
Melvin*, The Brain
The college process has not changed much for Melvin since August but he is now certain he will apply Early Action to the University of Michigan. He is also sure he will apply to the...
Phillip* The Athlete
Phillip is finally done with the college process, as long as he doesn’t suddenly drop to an F average or commit a felony, he said.
Last Saturday, he received what is colloquially...
