College Visits

Written by Beth Cassie We attended a great presentation in NYC jointly hosted by the Newhouse School of Public Communications and the School of Information Studies (iSchool) at Syracuse [...]

College reviewed by Lisa Bleich I recently visited Cooper Union, a conservatory-based college for Art, Architecture, and Engineering. The campus is integrated into lower Manhattan and Astor [...]

Written by Beth Cassie We attended an informative presentation in New York, jointly hosted by the Newhouse School of Public Communications and Syracuse University’s School of Information [...]

Beth Cassie recently toured various schools in Pennsylvania, including the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University.  She reported her findings on the College Bound Mentor College [...]

I recently visited the picturesque Connecticut College campus in New London, Connecticut, just across the street from the United States Coast Guard Academy. Established as an all women’s college [...]

College review by Beth Cassie Allegheny College is located in Meadville, PA and is a real gem that feels more ‘Midwest than Pennsylvania’. With 2,100 students total, this is a one of the schools [...]

College review by Beth Cassie * update* The University of Pittsburgh campus is concentrated within a quarter square mile of the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Oakland is the educational, [...]

Written by Beth Cassie * Update* I spent two days on Penn State’s main campus, primarily touring the athletic facilities. I arrived on Friday morning, the day before the first home football game. [...]

College review by Cathy Watts, guest blogger If you like a university steeped in tradition and history, the University of St. Andrews in Scotland has it in spades.  In 2013 the school is [...]

Recently I visited Hofstra University, which is located 25 miles east of Manhattan in Hempstead, Long Island. Hofstra is a midsize university with approximately 7,000 undergraduate students. [...]