University of Minnesota

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 [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich Good luck to those of you who have major exams coming up. Here are some tips to do your best. Organize and Plan Ahead. One of the biggest stressors for studying for [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich Macalester is a quintessential small liberal arts college with and urban twist. While Macalester is located in St. Paul, it has a neighborhood rather than city feel with [...]

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 [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich Are you thinking between saving vs. borrowing for college? When our first daughter was born in 1994, we believed UGMAs (Uniform Gifts to Minors Act) were the best way to [...]