Emory University * update*

Admissions stressed the importance of intellectual curiosity among its applicants.  In fact, the supplemental essay question changes each year to get at how intellectually engaged [...]

Visited by Lisa Bleich I went back to Emory to visit with my youngest daughter.  We arrived in Atlanta a couple of days before our scheduled tour, giving us the weekend to explore the city.  We [...]

Visited by Lisa Bleich We arrived at Tulane two hours before our tour after spending the morning tooling around the French Quarter in New Orleans.  We basked in the warm 75 plus degree [...]

College review by Lisa Bleich (1/16) We arrived on Colgate’s campus just as the snow was starting to fall. The campus was just as beautiful as I remembered and my daughter, Kayla, was also [...]

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 [...]

Written by Abby Power The University of Minnesota (known as U of M or The U) offers a pretty typical Big 10 school experience – strong academics, lots of choices, great sports, plenty of school [...]

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

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 [...]