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Written by Lisa Bleich When I applied to college in the mid-eighties, I filled out my application on a typewriter, put it in an envelope, and mailed it to my prospective colleges.  My guidance [...]

Guest Blogger: Sam Rosensohn The New Evidence-Based SAT: Easier on the Reading, Harder on the Math After trekking through the 211-page Test Specifications of the Redesigned SAT by the College [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich I attended the NJ Association for College Admissions Counseling at the beginning of June where I had the opportunity to hear Jeffrey Durso-Finley and Holly Burks Becker, [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich. Build it and they will come.  That is the famous line from the movie, Field of Dreams, but it is also the adage of Rutgers University’s Future Scholars Program.  [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich. In last Sunday’s NY Times Article Why You Hate Work, Tony Schwartz and Christine Porath argue that most people hate work because they are burned out. I hear similar things [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich. “I am so done with school!” declared my daughter “I know it’s hard to stay motivated, but you only have two weeks left.” “Gabby doesn’t have to do any more work” “Yes, but [...]

Guest blogger: Laurie Woog, Esq. Cooperative education or Co-ops are a great way to jump-start students’ careers while they are still in school. Co-ops can alternate with academic quarters or [...]

Lisa recently visited two schools in southern Ohio.  See below for her reports for the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University, both in southern Ohio. University of Cincinnati is [...]

College Visit by Lisa Bleich Xavier University, a medium size Jesuit College in Cincinnati, with an excellent DI basketball team, has gone through tremendous growth over the past five years [...]

College review by Lisa Bleich University of Cincinnati (UC) surprised me by its beautiful and compact, yet expansive campus.  While the campus is right in the heart of the city, it is a [...]