Cleaning the Fence and College Apps

Written by Lisa Bleich. Last year, with the power outage of Hurricane Sandy and the 2011 October snowstorm still fresh in my mind, I decided to be pro-active and install an electrical outlet [...]

You must send official test scores to colleges before your application is completed. Most schools allow leeway for the scores arriving after your application has been submitted, but some, [...]

Sale: Between August 9 and August 12, you can get the eBook version for $.99. Click here to download your copy of Surviving the College Application Process and please share [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich Develop a Plan for Sophomore Year.  You should have a sense of what types of activities you enjoyed last year in school and identify two or three academic, social and [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich Juniors, start off the year with a plan of what you want to achieve and how. This will make the year more productive and less overwhelming. Create a Testing Plan.You can [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich. As we meet with our clients to brainstorm for their personal statements (or college essays), it reminds us how much we enjoy delving into the depths of our clients and [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich When I applied to college in the mid-eighties, I filled out my application on a typewriter, put it in an envelope, and mailed it to my prospective colleges.  My guidance [...]

Guest Blogger: Sam Rosensohn The New Evidence-Based SAT: Easier on the Reading, Harder on the Math After trekking through the 211-page Test Specifications of the Redesigned SAT by the College [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich I attended the NJ Association for College Admissions Counseling at the beginning of June where I had the opportunity to hear Jeffrey Durso-Finley and Holly Burks Becker, [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich. Build it and they will come.  That is the famous line from the movie, Field of Dreams, but it is also the adage of Rutgers University’s Future Scholars Program.  [...]