Great College Advice

Welcome to the 5th Edition of the Carnival of College Admission. As promised, and in commemoration of the America’s Holiday, we offer the “Turkey Edition.” Today you’ll learn all sorts of fun facts about turkeys that you can share with your friends around the dinner table tomorrow. So not only will you [...]

A couple of great carnivals are up that you might want to check out. Check out the Carnival of Homeschooling at Apollo’s Academy where my post about how the credit crunch may affect college admissions this cycle.

The same post was featured in the Carnival of Linked-In Users at Janet Barclay’s blog.  This [...]

The Third Edition of the Carnival of College Admission is our best yet.  We continue to receive more and better submissions with each edition, and I’m happy that we are building a community of bloggers that want to share their content related to the transition between high school and college.  If you missed the first [...]

The newest edition of the Carnival of Education is up and running over at EduWonkette, one of the great EdWeek blogs.  The theme is appropriate, on this, the day of the last presidential debate of 2008.’

In addition to a post from yours truly, there is plethora of pleasing posts.  Among my favorites this week are:

Stories [...]

Welcome to the second edition of the Carnival of College Admission.  The Carnival is a biweekly round-up of interesting blog posts related to the transition from high school to college.

I’ve had many folks contact me asking what a blog carnival is, and why they should consider submitting posts to each edition.  My friend, Peter Baron [...]

One of my recent posts offering tips on how to get great letters of recommendation for college was the “post of the week” at the Kids and Money Carnival of June 20.
What an honor! This is a great carnival (and Money Hacks is a great blog) for parents who are trying to find ways [...]

One of my recent posts on tips for summer planning for college admission was chosen as “Post of the Week” over the Money Hacks’ “Kids and Money” Carnival.  I’m honored to have been selected among so many excellent submissions to this great carnival. You should check out the Money Hacks!
Mark Montgomery
College Admission  Advisor

Well, this carnival is up a bit late, but it was worth waiting for.  The Carnival of Kids and Money is hosted by the Money Hacks.
My favorite posts at this carnival are:
Michael presents College Life: Is it Better to Live On-Campus or Off-Campus? posted at Michael Emilio.  It’s a great post that lays out the [...]

Some of my favorite blog carnivals are up and running, offers gobs of helpful information.
The Carnival of Education is up at the Education Wonks.  My favorite post there is Funny Graduation Speeches hosted at Campus Grotto.  Side-splitting humor posted on YouTube.
Over at the Carnival of LinkedIn Bloggers, hosted at Soho-Life.com, I really like the following [...]

The newest edition of the Carnival of Family Life is up at lohud.com (or “Lower Hudson Valley,” for the cognoscenti).
My favorite post his week is by Angela Norton Tyler.  She presents a remarkable piece, with teh equally remarkable title,  10 Ways to Make Certain That Your Kids Hate School, Become Lazy & Dependent Learners, Drive [...]