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Beth Cassie This past week, I joined my nephew from Texas as he visited two colleges in New York City — New York University and Columbia University.  NYC was the final leg of his marathon Spring [...]

College review by Lisa Bleich Immense, global, “In the city, of the city”; “in the world of the world”, friendly, diverse, independent, exciting, bustling, filled with opportunities, [...]

This past week, my daughter and I continued on our college visits with a new parameter of being within a 2-hour drive from our home in New Jersey.  As I’ve mentioned before, the college [...]

College review by Lisa Bleich Updated on April 11, 2013 Gorgeous, pristine, Gothic style, Ivy league-like are all words to describe Washington University of St. Louis’ campus. My daughter and I [...]

College review by Diane Forman Dec. 2011 – RU is expanding and updating their facilities as we learned on Dec 6th during a very informative counselors day. The Livingston Campus in [...]

College review by Beth Cassie Swarthmore Update Feb. 2012 –  I, too, spent a week at Swarthmore, but as a student in the IECA Summer Institute program.  During the week I became very [...]

West Chester University Part of the state university system of Pennsylvania.  West Chester University is a medium-large sized school, approximately 14,000 undergraduate students and 2,300 [...]

College review by Diane Forman Marymount College is located along the coastline of Southern California in Palos Verdes.  It is a small (maximum of 793 students), catholic school that provides a [...]

Johns Hopkins 2015 update Written by Beth Cassie Lisa and I (along with a group of independent counselors attending a conference in Baltimore) toured Johns Hopkins University one week after riots [...]

ROLLINS COLLEGE Rollins College has a gorgeous campus located on the shores of Lake Virginia in Winter Park, Florida only ten minutes from downtown Orlando.  My visit was most enjoyable [...]