Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Standardized Testing

Written by Lisa Bleich and Stefanie Forman Is it better to take the SAT or the ACT? It makes no difference; both tests are equally accepted at colleges.  The only exception is that some [...]

Congratulations to all seniors for making your final decision and depositing!  Now that colleges have a better understanding of their enrollment for the fall, they will begin going to their [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich I asked my seniors on what was their deciding factor in picking their college. I received varying answers, clear on the deciding factor they individually had. However, one [...]

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 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 [...]

Written by Beth Cassie “Hope springs eternal.” For all of us, the first signs of spring stir hopefulness for something new. Here in the northeast, we are finally seeing signs of spring and it’s a [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich “I hate Passover!” is a constant refrain I hear from my girls when they are annoyed that they can’t eat bread, or pita chips, or basically anything they normally enjoy [...]

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 [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich Over 750,000 students applied to colleges using the Common Application in 2013-14.  That represents a 13% increase over last year.  9.1% of those applying were [...]

A few years ago, I attended the NJACAC annual conference and had the opportunity to listen to David Weisbord, the Associate Director of Admissions at Columbia University speak how letters of [...]