Surviving the College Application Process

Several years ago, my daughters and I saw the musical If/Then, starring Idina Menzel (who played the original Elphaba in Wicked). The show follows Elizabeth or “Liz” and “Beth” in two parallel [...]

Tell us about yourself?  Do you have any hobbies or do any volunteer work?  How do you get your news?  If you could have lunch with two famous or historical people, who would you [...]

Baked by Melissa’s Melissa Ben-Ishay spoke with social media celeb, Ben Soffer, #boywithnojob, to a packed house at the JCC of Central NJ.  They riffed on being social media giants, [...]

We continue to swim in uncharted waters. With the Supreme Court decision banning affirmative action two years ago, Legacy under review, and other constant changes, many prospective applicants are [...]

I so enjoyed interviewing Rachel Barenbaum, fellow HBS grad, and author of Atomic Anna.  We discuss writing, physics, time travel, comic books, motherhood and most importantly how we all [...]

Every year, we get a panicked email or phone call because a student “messed” up on their application. Either they, forgot to send their official test scores; they put the wrong number of hours or [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich This is the time to explore schools that match your needs and also to adjust your needs as you gather more information. You should target schools that seem like they [...]

To make the most of your summer, it’s good to start early, even if snow is still on the ground! Many summer programs have an application deadline of March 1 or earlier and others offer [...]

The pandemic disrupted college admissions in ways that will have long term effects. Let’s look at what happened this year: Test optional became the norm. Most schools were test optional (and many [...]

What do you do if your denied or waitlisted for your first choice college? WITHIN THE FIRST 24 HOURS  Scream. Good and loud.  Get out all your disappointment, anger and frustration of a process [...]