Surviving the College Application Process

Written by Lisa Bleich “I’m so stressed out about what classes to take next year!” moaned my youngest daughter when she was a sophomore in high school. “What do you mean? I thought we figured out [...]

This time of year, we have numerous conversations with our students about whether or not or where to apply Early Decision or Early Action. Early Decision is binding, meaning that if you [...]

Each year the qualifying scores for students to be considered for National Merit Scholarships changes by state.  National Merit Scholarship consideration is based on junior year PSAT scores. [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich Does the stress of a deadline fuel you or overwhelm you?  Do you find yourself (or your child) playing video games, watching Netflix, devouring YouTube videos instead [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich We all hear about kids with perfect grades and test scores who are denied admissions at select colleges and conversely kids who were “not as strong” getting in. This [...]

Written by Beth Cassie Most student will  use the Common Application and the Coalition application this coming season. A lot has been written in the higher education press about the Coalition for [...]

Written by Abby Power I attended my first Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) conference in Boston earlier this month. As I listened to the various speakers and presenters talk [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich My overall impressions remained the same as my previous visit, but with several important changes regarding the campus facilities, admissions selectivity, financial aid and [...]

Visited by Lisa Bleich The students looked happy, attractive, diverse, engaged and excited to be there.  Jaime from admissions described Georgetown students as sociable, friendly, sharp, and [...]

Most high school and college students think of LinkedIn as the “nerd” of the social media options according to Joanna Stern in the Wall Street Journal.  But, in fact, [...]