Tips for Students with Mental Health Issues

Written by Lisa Bleich Sending a child off to college is never worry free.  As a parent you hope that you have instilled enough opportunities for independence for your child to thrive on his or [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich I was helping one of my seniors make his final decision about his college choices a few years ago.  He had narrowed it down to Northeastern and University of Pittsburgh.  [...]

Standardized Testing Students who require additional time or other accommodations on the SATs or ACTs with writing must meet the following criteria. Each testing agency has a different procedure [...]

Written By Lisa Bleich Last month, I attended a talk by Allen Sepinwall, the TV writer for the Star Ledger, and Author of the book TV Revolution,..  It was a fascinating discussion about [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich It’s become a daily ritual with my daughter, a senior in high school, to come downstairs and tell me “who’s after her” as she puts it.  By this she means, which colleges [...]

Written by Beth Cassie We had the opportunity to attend a local luncheon with other Independent Educational Consultants last month where the guest speaker was Mark Weinfeld, a math educator with [...]

College review by Cathy Watts, guest blogger If you like a university steeped in tradition and history, the University of St. Andrews in Scotland has it in spades.  In 2013 the school is [...]

In an episode of Modern Family, Alex, the  over-achieving middle child, has a break down just as she blows out the candles on her birthday cake.  She is right in the middle of her [...]

Last week, I attended a business retreat with other Professional members of the Independent Educational Consultant Association (IECA) to discuss industry trends and business related topics.  [...]

Recently I visited Hofstra University, which is located 25 miles east of Manhattan in Hempstead, Long Island. Hofstra is a midsize university with approximately 7,000 undergraduate students. [...]