High School Strategies

Specialization seems to be trending right now, but recently questions have arisen regarding whether the drawbacks of early specialization outweigh the benefits.

Spiky student? I've known plenty of spiky people in life and most aren't people with whom I want to spend a lot of time. However, in recent years the term "spiky student" has emerged as something that some have advocated as giving a student an edge in admissions. When I first heard the term "spiky student" I assumed it was a negative thing. To me a spiky student was perhaps unfriendly or sharp, but it has emerged as a term, as it relates to college admissions, that refers to