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October 24, 2016
Once again, the Inside the Admissions program was a resounding success, thanks to the participation of deans and directors from Bucknell University, Dickinson College, Oberlin College, Syracuse University, Swarthmore College, the University of Chicago and the University of […]
August 28, 2016
I’m all for making applying to colleges easier for students, who have a lot on their plates in the fall of senior year. School work, of course, and extracurricular activities, coupled with applications and college visits in the […]
August 27, 2016
Not long ago, I was at a very small gathering of a handful of guidance counselors and three college reps, including the Dean of Admissions, and we got to talking about high school students and extracurricular activities. I […]
August 9, 2016
I just finished reading an article in the Wall Street Journal by Roger Kimball. Yes, it was in yesterday’s Journal (August 8), so I am a little behind. But what he says certainly is up to date (although […]
July 23, 2016
In early July, Inside Higher Education published an article about the myth of the barista who had been an English major in college. Now, I had never heard of this myth, but it does reflect what a lot […]
July 18, 2016
Some days, college admissions seems like its same old routine self. Other days, well, “the times they are a changin’.” I came back from vacation to discover these changes in the world of college admissions: * The ACT […]
June 23, 2016
Summer is the time when many families take to the road to visit colleges, and I am no exception. On a very hot – around 93 degrees – day in June, I was on the road, revisiting the […]
June 15, 2016
I keep copious notes of my college visits, and when I looked back at my last visit to the University of Hartford, I was shocked to read that it had been almost ten years! Of course, I’ve kept […]
June 3, 2016
* Get the Details. There are a lot of things to think about when applying to college: what to study, distance from home, size of the campus, dorm life, etc. However, lots of teens forget to consider whether the […]
May 31, 2016
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve visited Goucher College, but it’s always nice to return to this 300-acre residential campus that combines the proximity of the city with the bucolic life of the country. Goucher […]