I know what you’re thinking. The last thing any student wants to do is take another test. As a former high school principal, I know you’re cringing right now. But what if I told you that this test could help[...]
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How to Sell Aptitude Testing to Parents: Know Your Competition – Part 1
Marc Gray is the founder of Odyssey College Prep and Director of College Counseling Relations for the Highlands Company, where he helps IECs and college counselors use aptitude testing to enhance their practice. This post continues our discussion on how[...]
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Connecting Natural Abilities
What we know from the scientific study of human engineering is that we are all born with innate abilities. What we have learned from decades of practical application is that by understanding the interplay between these abilities or how they[...]
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Using the Highlands Ability Battery in Your College Admissions Consulting Practice: Series Intro
Marc Gray is the founder of Odyssey College Prep and Director of College Counseling Relations for the Highlands Company, where he helps IECs and college counselors use aptitude testing to enhance their practice. Aptitude specialists can talk about the benefits[...]
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What Could Be Missing in Your Student’s Classical Education
For those of us who have chosen to enroll our children in classical education, or have pursued a career in the field ourselves, we’re deeply familiar with its benefits: the ways it follows a child’s natural development; the commitment to[...]
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Why Do You Work?
Why do you work? When and how did you learn about the concept of work? I don’t think most people ponder on these questions. Maybe I’m a bit weird, but I do. These questions were the dominant thoughts which led[...]
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How to Identify Your Child’s Strengths
There’s an often-quoted verse from the book of Proverbs that you’ve likely heard. “Train up a child in the way they should go, and when they are old they will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6) It’s a verse packed[...]
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Gen Z: Who They Are, What They Want for the Future and How Times Have Changed
“Kids these days.” It’s an expression heard generation after generation, with older groups often mystified by the up-and-comers; their technology, culture and vision for the future often foreign, and perhaps even threatening. But, like every other generation, there’s so much[...]
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The Power of Feedback: Why the HAB Includes an In-depth Debrief Session with a Certified Highlands Consultant
Everyone is born with inherent abilities that make certain types of tasks preferable to others. For that reason, people are most fulfilled in their careers when they find an environment that allows them to work primarily from their gifts and their[...]
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