Surviving the College Application Process

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, [...]

Great article explaining the importance of experiential learning, internships, and interdisciplinary study. Click here for article. 

Earlier this year I listened to a webinar entitled How to Snag—and Keep—Your Dream Job presented by Laura Klein & Jill Miller Perrin of Business Talent Group. Laura and Jill described how [...]

College review by Lisa Bleich I recently went to visit Colgate with my youngest daughter. We arrived on Colgate’s campus just as the snow was starting to fall. The campus was just as beautiful as [...]

PSAT scores have recently been distributed to students and there’s some confusion about how to interpret the scores. Pull out your score report and watch the informative video from test [...]

Harvard recently released a report entitled “Turning the Tide: Inspiring Concern for Others and the Common Good through College Admissions.”  This study challenges colleges to rethink [...]

How to list colleges on the FAFSA has long been an issue with families as there were rumors that the order may impact financial awards. For the past few years we’ve recommended that [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich. Thanksgiving is a time filled with family, turkey, football, and in many houses newly returned freshmen. (I picked up my newly returned sophomore at the airport and we [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich I had a chance to catch up with one of my sectionmates from business school, Joy Chen last week while in San Francisco. Joy had a long career at Clorox before becoming a [...]