The Ohio State University

By Stefanie Forman The Ohio State University is a large public university with excellent academics and is synonymous with school pride, which was felt everywhere during our time on campus. I [...]

Baked by Melissa’s Melissa Ben-Ishay spoke with social media celeb, Ben Soffer, #boywithnojob, to a packed house at the JCC of Central NJ.  They riffed on being social media giants, [...]

NJACAC Fall Workshop 2023 I attended the New Jersey Association of College Admissions Counselors (NJACAC) last month with admissions professionals from the University of Delaware, Princeton, [...]

Written by Stefanie Forman In University Circle, a neighborhood that is only five minutes from downtown Cleveland and defined by parks, museums, performance halls, and top hospitals in the [...]

Black Excellence abounds at Howard University. The students we met are motivated, sharp, resourceful, and intellectually curious leaders. It’s no surprise that Howard University is the [...]

We are swimming in uncharted waters. With the Supreme Court decision banning affirmative action and Legacy under review, many prospective applicants are scratching their heads. What does this [...]

Jonah Hill’s new Netflix documentary called Stutz has a simple premise: Hill interviews his psychiatrist who dramatically improved his outlook on life through five years of therapy.  His [...]

As we navigated our way through the picturesque enclosed upper Manhattan campus, students began emerging from class. Instead of looking at their phones, everyone was engaged and smiling as they [...]

I so enjoyed interviewing Rachel Barenbaum, fellow HBS grad, and author of Atomic Anna.  We discuss writing, physics, time travel, comic books, motherhood and most importantly how we all [...]

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