Earlier this week I spent a day at the five Claremont Colleges: Pomona, Pitzer, Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, and Scripps. I enjoyed the red carpet treatment I received as part
I spent a few hours last week on the campus of the California Institute of Technology (a.k.a. Caltech), and was pleasantly surprised by the attractive campus, and our tour guides–both
A recent article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer asks this question. The answer is, it depends on who’s asking the question. But more important, what really matters is the person who
Today I spent a few hours on the campus of Chapman University in Orange, California. The first pleasant surprise was the drive into town. The old town of Orange is
A couple of my current clients are in the midst of athletic recruiting, and are visiting colleges. I always recommend that they be prepared to ask some pointed questions of
This was recommended to by a member of the IECA talk list. Every parent should see it. Every professor. Every college professor. This is what our kids’ college lives are
I wrote a post a couple of days ago about reversals of policy at the Common Application, and I mentioned that the Common App now has some competition from the
A perceptive, reflective, high school junior in Denver wrote an opinion piece that appeared in the Sunday edition of the Denver Post yesterday. In it, Jennifer Luo remarks that her
Today the members of the Common Application removed the straight jacket they had previously imposed upon students. This decision is a victory for students, in that it allows them to
