Situated in a suburban oasis within the city limits of Portland, Oregon is Lewis & Clark, a small liberal arts college with about 2,000 undergraduates, as well as several graduate programs. Surrounded by a state park, the campus is beautiful. The school has a free shuttle that drops students off in the center of downtown [...]
Whitman's Administration Building Greetings from Portland, Oregon. I am here with my high school senior visiting three small liberal arts colleges. The first school on our tour was Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. Whitman is a terrific school for the outdoor enthusiast. The students seemed uniformly happy and friendly. The word [...]
Photo by Rob Boudon For a humorous break from worrying about your senior's progress on college applications and essays, check out the following article in Business Insider about prompts for essays from previous years. My personal favorite is the one about Kermit the Frog. The 15 Most Ridiculous College Application Questions [...]
I just read an interesting piece in Slate.com, written by an admissions officer, entitled "Unrigging the Admissions System." It contains some useful guidelines about things to avoid and what to include in the college essay. The article also confirms what many of us already know: that college admissions is an unfair process, and the advantage [...]
Sending "kids" off to college represents a developmental milestone that is challenging for parents and students alike. Both face challenges and new adventures, albeit in different ways. To that end, I am reading a terrific guidebook called "The Launching Years," by Laura Kastner and Jennifer Wyatt. For anyone sending a child to college now or [...]
These few weeks are filled with so many conflicting emotions as we move our young adults into their college dorms. It certainly seems true that each year of our adult lives goes by faster. This seems especially true as we say goodbye to our now grown children and help them with their first steps [...]
Sorry I have not written in awhile, as I've been very busy moving my eldest son into a house for his senior year. This sparked an idea for a blog regarding the University of Wisconsin - Madison. This blog is entitled, "Things I Love and Hate about UW Madison." I will start with the things [...]
For anyone with a rising high school junior, check out Sunday's (August 4) New York Times Education Life supplement for interesting information regarding testing and admissions, as well as other college-related articles.
The waning days of summer before senior year of high school is a perfect time to start filling out the Common Application, or "Common App.” It can be found at www.commonapp.org. The Common App is accepted at a large number of colleges and universities. Many schools will also use the Common App to collect basic [...]
Visiting 15 or so colleges in two weeks was as exhausting as it was informative. Although some of the details run together or get confused, visiting multiple campuses in different environments gives students some great information and helps them begin to be aware of their priorities and preferences. […]
