Words matter.

Move-In Day. Professors. Rush Week. Lectures. Road Trip! Rallies. The Big Game. Debates. Concerts. Majors. Minors. Turning 21. Spring Break. Senior Prank. Graduation Day.

So, why do the words above with their capacity to awe, inspire, and excite get turned completely on their head when we start using other words…

SAT. College Essays. Advanced Placement. Rankings. Reach. Community Service. SAT Again! GPA. Weighted GPA. Extracurriculars. Thin Envelope.

At Open Road Education you’ll find an abundant mix of good perspective, information and advice to help remind you that applying to college is far more about that first list of words than the second one.  The “about” and “services” tabs above will tell you specifically about the work we do with students, schools and non-profits. The blog, The Ego and the Ed, is written by Arun Ponnusamy—the only independent educational consultant to have previously worked for three of the premier universities in the United States.

So whether you’re a student, parent, or even a former colleague from the other side of the desk, please take some time to poke around, learn a little more about us.  Maybe even read a little of The Ego and the Ed. You’ll quickly understand that while words do indeed matter to us, students matter even more.

Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me,
leading wherever I choose.

“Song of the Open Road” from Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass