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October 12, 2014

A Great Night for Inside the Admissions Office

The 7th annual Inside the Admissions Office program was a resounding success! Thank you to the 200 high school students and parents who attended the program at the JCC of Mid-Westchester. A special thank you to the deans […]
June 10, 2014

On the Road to College with Betsy Woolf – Savannah College of Art and Design

With its admissions building located on perhaps the prettiest street in Savannah, Bull Street, just steps away from bucolic Forsyth Park, the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) is an urban school that is all about the […]
May 9, 2014

On the Road to College with Betsy Woolf – Dartmouth College

The Dartmouth “Shuttle” (actually a full-size coach bus that picks up and discharges passengers near Grand Central Station in NYC) took me to and from the Dartmouth campus for a return trip in May. What I found was […]
January 7, 2014

Trends in College Admission 2014

Peter Johnson, Director of Undergraduate Admissions for Columbia University, recently addressed a meeting of professional members of the Independent Educational Consultants Association. As a professional member of IECA, I was in that audience. Following are some highlights from […]
January 6, 2014

A “Slice” of Woolf College Consulting

Betsy has been featured in The Slice, a newsletter about college admissions and standardized testing. Read on to find out what led Betsy to the profession of college consulting and what she loves the most about her job: […]
October 5, 2013

Inside the Admissions Office

Once again, the popular Inside the Admissions Office program in Westchester County was a resounding success. Thank you to the students and families who attended the sixth annual program and to the panel of admissions deans and directors […]
January 6, 2008

V.I.P.

NY Times, January 6, 2008…….. The guidance department of Mamaroneck High School, a public school of 1,454 in affluent Westchester County, gets an airy suite on the top floor of what looks like a glass-and-steel Adirondack lodge. The […]