Surviving the College Application Process

Written by Beth Cassie “Hope springs eternal.” For all of us, the first signs of spring stir hopefulness for something new. Here in the northeast, we are finally seeing signs of spring and it’s a [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich “I hate Passover!” is a constant refrain I hear from my girls when they are annoyed that they can’t eat bread, or pita chips, or basically anything they normally enjoy [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich Over 750,000 students applied to colleges using the Common Application in 2013-14.  That represents a 13% increase over last year.  9.1% of those applying were [...]

A few years ago, I attended the NJACAC annual conference and had the opportunity to listen to David Weisbord, the Associate Director of Admissions at Columbia University speak how letters of [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich My daughters and I took advantage of two days off from school to visit Washington D.C.  We saw the new musical If/Then, starring Idena Menzel (who played Elphaba in [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich The results are in and now you have to a make a decision. I often find that this stage of the process can be surprising to students, especially when the final contenders [...]

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 [...]

We are pleased to announce the publication of Surviving the College Application Process by Lisa Bleich. Lisa will be visiting local bookstores to talk about the book. April 5:  The Town Book [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich As the various technology platforms, e.g.. Naviance, CommonApp, etc. have to communicate with each other during the application process, we found it more complicated for [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich The Expected Family Contribution or E.F.C. as it’s known in college financial aid circles, determines how much your family is expected to pay for college.  Steve [...]