Surviving the College Application Process

Written by Beth Cassie There are three more SAT and two more ACT test dates this school year.  Make sure to sign up well in advance. Remember, you cannot take the SATs and the SAT Subject [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich When I moved from Los Angeles to New Jersey in 2004, my oldest was in 5th grade, far removed from the college application process.  However, it seemed that anyone I met [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich I was helping one of my seniors make his final decision about his college choices a few years ago.  He had narrowed it down to Northeastern and University of Pittsburgh.  [...]

Standardized Testing Students who require additional time or other accommodations on the SATs or ACTs with writing must meet the following criteria. Each testing agency has a different procedure [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich It’s become a daily ritual with my daughter, a senior in high school, to come downstairs and tell me “who’s after her” as she puts it.  By this she means, which colleges [...]

Written by Beth Cassie We had the opportunity to attend a local luncheon with other Independent Educational Consultants last month where the guest speaker was Mark Weinfeld, a math educator with [...]

In an episode of Modern Family, Alex, the  over-achieving middle child, has a break down just as she blows out the candles on her birthday cake.  She is right in the middle of her [...]

Last week, I attended a business retreat with other Professional members of the Independent Educational Consultant Association (IECA) to discuss industry trends and business related topics.  [...]

With the chilly air and wind on the East Coast, summer seems eons away.  However, many summer programs have an application deadline of March 1 or earlier and others offer early registration [...]

We landed by helicopter on the Mendenhall Glacier with ice peaks and mountains as far as the eye could see. The guides outfitted us in ice hiking gear complete with gloves, crampons, and boots to [...]