Last week I was able to visit Menlo College in Atherton, California. I was part of a tour organized by the Independent Educational Consultants Association.
I visited the University of San Francisco last week. It was a beautiful, sunny day, but the wind was brisk. Despite the chill in late
What’s the Number One Party School? Most likely, it’s whatever college or university your student attends. Sometimes my clients (or rather, the parents of my
Today I spent a couple of hours at Stanford University. It was my first visit to the campus, and I was part of an organized
The New York Times has had a slew of interesting articles about college admissions lately. This one, about the odds of being accepted as a
I spend about 20% of my time touring around the country getting acquainted with colleges. Millsaps College had been on my list for quite some
I recently attended a GAP year fair to learn more about the growing number of excellent programs for students who want to take a year
I recently toured several colleges in New England, including Amherst and Hampshire Colleges in Massachusetts, and Bennington and Marlboro Colleges in Vermont. These visits brought
I spent some time on the campus of Bennington College in Vermont, where the curriculum is very different from most other colleges. Bennington requires students
