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Welcome to the College Bound Mentor podcast! This is Episode #1 and you’ll hear Co-Hosts Lisa, Abby, and Stefanie share what to expect from this podcast going forward and the most surprising [...]

“I never got the email,” a parent expressed after an exchange about additional essays.  How could that be?  I knew the email was sent out six weeks ago.  Two months ago, I turned [...]

As the early deadlines approach, students wonder what, if any additional information should they send. Here is a great chart created by Tufts admissions that will help you decide if you should [...]

“Do you think a day can go by without you asking me where I want to go to college?”  My daughter, who’s a high school senior, asked me. I smiled back, because I knew she [...]

One of my kids’ favorite books when they were little was Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes about a little girl mouse who worried about everything, especially starting school. What if the teacher [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich In Thomas L. Friedman’s, article,  How to Get a Job at Google, Part 2   he interviews Laszlo Bock, who is tasked with hiring for Google.  As I read through [...]