Written by Lisa Bleich We spent a fabulous week touring seven Virginia Universities, six public and one private. Each school is unique and impressive in its own right. Virginia offers outstanding [...]

North Carolina State University “NC State” NC State is the second most competitive public university in North Carolina (behind UNC Chapel Hill), and has the most competitive engineering programs [...]

For the past few years, clients that visited Duke University came back declaring their love and that they wanted to apply Early Decision.  I was eager to visit for myself to see what all the [...]

I had the opportunity to visit SCAD while participating in an IECA Professional Retreat.  The admissions counselors and faculty embraced the opportunity to demonstrate its creative strengths [...]

I was excited to visit Furman University because my nephew had graduated from Furman in 2015 and I had heard great things about the school.  When I pulled into the expansive red brick, uniform [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich Clemson has a pretty campus with a large green mall area at its center.  They are in the midst of a huge expansion, with lots of construction around campus.  It [...]

Visited by Beth Cassie Located between Orlando and Tampa, Florida Southern College is the oldest private institution in Florida and boasts the largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings [...]

Visited by Beth Cassie University of Tampa was the final college I visited on my recent tour of colleges in southern Florida. Set in the heart of downtown Tampa, UT is a self-contained campus. [...]

Visited by Beth Cassie Set on acres 188 well-manicured acres on Florida’s Gulf Coast, Eckerd College’s campus draws you in at once. But Eckerd is more than just good looks—it is also one of only [...]

Admissions stressed the importance of intellectual curiosity among its applicants.  In fact, the supplemental essay question changes each year to get at how intellectually engaged [...]

Visited by Lisa Bleich I went back to Emory to visit with my youngest daughter.  We arrived in Atlanta a couple of days before our scheduled tour, giving us the weekend to explore the city.  We [...]

Visited by Lisa Bleich We arrived at Tulane two hours before our tour after spending the morning tooling around the French Quarter in New Orleans.  We basked in the warm 75 plus degree [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich Texas A & M University began as a military academy. While it is now the second largest public university in Texas, the sense of tradition and decorum associated with [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich Trinity University is tranquil, orange brick campus set upon a hill overlooking San Antonio. Trinity is a hybrid liberal arts college providing students the ability to [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich UT Austin is the flagship university in the Texas state system. The campus itself is fairly compact for such a large university in such a big state! The facilities are [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich St. Edward’s University is located right in the heart of Austin. Students are funky, independent, accepting, and open to the world. Many of the international students come [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich Southwestern University is a small liberal arts college located 30 minutes outside of Austin in Georgetown, TX. Its president, Edward Burger (insert twitter handle) is [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich Baylor University is an unapologetically Christian university located in Waco, TX. The campus is expansive and quite beautiful with outstanding facilities, especially the [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich University of Houston is an urban campus with a racially and ethnically diverse student body. It has several excellent pre-professional programs including hospitality (with [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich I spent the last week doing a Texas College Tour around Central Texas. The local government has communicated a clear message to its public institutions: “Graduate students [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich Rice is a beautiful, expansive campus with a southwestern style architecture set right in Houston. The central quad is quite pretty surrounded by red brick buildings. [...]

Written by Lisa Bleich and Beth Cassie. We spent a fabulous week touring seven Virginia Universities, six public and one private. Each school is unique and impressive in its own right. Virginia [...]

College review by Lisa Bleich Georgia Tech has a very pretty, traditional looking, contained campus right in the center of Atlanta.  The student body is highly diverse; 40% of the student [...]

College review by Lisa Bleich My daughter and I took a post-Hurricane Sandy break and spent the last few days in Atlanta, GA visiting Emory University and Georgia Tech. For our first exposure to [...]

College review by Diane Forman Nestled along the riverfront in downtown Tampa, the University of Tampa (UT) boasts a picturesque campus. UT is just a stone’s throw away from Orlando and a [...]

College review by Lisa Bleich Build it and they will come. That is what High Point President, Dr. Nido Quebin’s philosophy is to higher education. He has built a college campus over the past [...]

College review by Lisa Bleich Originally an all women’s Presbyterian college as a sister school to Davidson. Have a core curriculum of four classes that all students must take to instill critical [...]

College review by Lisa Bleich Davidson is a classic, highly select Liberal Arts College. The campus is expansive and very beautiful. There is a quaint main street that caters to the college. [...]

College review by Lisa Bleich Large somewhat select state university depending on the major. The school itself is pretty and located right in Charlotte. One-third of the students live on campus, [...]

College review by Lisa Bleich The mix of students surprised me at Wake Forest. While there were a number of preppy students in the mix, there was a wonderful mix of ethnicities, races, artsy, [...]

Diane Forman I had the opportunity to travel to South Carolina from February 28-March 3rd with 25 IECA (Independent Educational Consultants Association) professionals from around the country for [...]

College review by Diane Forman Spartanburg, SC www.wofford.edu Wofford College is a small  (1500 students), private, liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church.  It is [...]

College review by Diane Forman The University of South Carolina is a large, public university located in Columbia, the central part of the state. The 350-acre campus includes a pre-civil war area [...]

College review by Diane Forman Limestone College is located in Gaffney, South Carolina and is a Christian, non-denominational, small private, Liberal Arts College (859 students).  The middle 50% [...]

College review by Diane Forman Greenville, SC www.furman.edu Furman is a small, private liberal arts college (2,771 students) located in the mountains of Greenville, South Carolina.  The [...]

College review by Diane Forman Charleston, SC www. cofc.edu The College of Charleston is a public, liberal arts college located in the heart of Charleston.  The students rave about the “charming, [...]

College review by Diane Forman www.citadel.edu The Citadel is The Military College of South Carolina and described as both Pre-Professional and Liberal Arts. It is a public college and is best [...]

ROLLINS COLLEGE Rollins College has a gorgeous campus located on the shores of Lake Virginia in Winter Park, Florida only ten minutes from downtown Orlando.  My visit was most enjoyable [...]

College review by Diane Forman Rollins College has a gorgeous campus located on the shores of Lake Virginia in Winter Park, Florida only ten minutes from downtown Orlando.  My visit was most [...]

College review by Lisa Bleich North Carolina has become a popular destination for students due to its easy access and temperate weather. I was in North Carolina last week visiting colleges, [...]

North Carolina has become a popular destination for students due to its easy access and temperate weather. I was in North Carolina last week visiting colleges, unfortunately I got caught in [...]