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Written by Lisa Bleich Anxiety and depression are rampant among teens and college students and sadly an increasing number of students are taking their own lives. Each time we hear of another [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich “When is the last time you had a conversation with your child that did not revolve around college, homework, activities, or obligations?” Rosalind Wiseman, Author of Queen [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich I was out visiting my Dad in Los Angeles so we decided to visit the Claremont Colleges right after he picked me up from the airport. It took about an hour to get there from [...]

Written by Abby Power, guest blogger Carleton College is a highly se­lective liberal arts college located in the small, rural town of Northfield MN, just 40 miles south of Minneapolis-St [...]

If you do not qualify for needs based financial aid and your school does not offer merit aid, look for outside funding through local scholarships. Click here for an article I wrote about finding [...]

Sending a child off to college is never worry free.  As a parent you hope that you have instilled enough opportunities for independence for your child to thrive on his or her own, but the true [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich “I want to come home, I don’t think I can finish the year, “ My daughter pleaded. “What?” I asked in disbelief. “You have less than a week left of classes and then finals, [...]

“What are you grappling with?” I asked each of the Harvard Business School mentees as they joined my table during the speed mentoring evening. “The CEO of the my company just offered me a new job [...]

We are very proud of our students and happy to report that everyone has been accepted to a school that is a great fit for them.  It seems like every year, we say, “this was the most [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich Student who were waitlisted are in good company. Colleges used the dreaded waitlist heavily this year because they are trying to manage their yields and have no way of [...]