What do you get when you combine a top ranked public university in a beautiful urban neighborhood with the perfect climate? UCLA. It is small wonder that year after year it is the most applied to school in the country. That is only one of several reasons UCLA is increasingly difficult to get [...]
Tulane is located in the vibrant Uptown part of New Orleans and across the street from Audubon Park and is fully integrated into the surrounding city. The campus is beautiful mix of old and new buildings and a very manageable size. Tulane has a diverse undergraduate student body of 6600 who come from all over [...]
As many of you know with high school juniors and sophomores the College Board has revamped the SAT so that it is closer in content to the ACT. The following article, Grading the New SAT, is a great review of the changes which will be effective beginning in 2016. If you have any questions, [...]
That time is finally here. High school seniors all over the country are being inundated with college acceptances, denials and notifications of being wait-listed. It is a crazy, stressful time. For those students who end up unhappy with their choices or are even lacking any real choices, their are still some excellent options for [...]
This is the time when your college-bound high school senior is finally receiving those long-awaited college acceptances, probably along with some disappointing rejections as well. May 1, the date at which students must notify the school that they want to attend, is coming up fast. Do you as a parent have mixed emotions? If [...]
With Spring break rapidly approaching, do not despair if you have not made plans for your student's week off of school. For high school juniors, this is the best time to visit colleges. Whether you have only 1 or 2 days or the whole week, it is great to devote this time to [...]
The College Board has just announced a major overhaul of the SAT. In addition to other changes, the scoring will revert to the earlier 1600 point scale and students will no longer be penalized for guessing. For more information about the changes, […]
Washington and Lee University, located in Lexington, Virginia, is surrounded by the Blue Ridge and Alleghenies of the Southern Appalachians. The locals like to call it "God's Country" because of the sheer beauty of the surroundings. They could also be referring to the pedigree of its two namesakes -- George Washington, whose 20,000$ endowment saved [...]
If your high school senior is anything like mine (did not apply ED anywhere), he or she is probably in that stressed out waiting period in which April 1st or late March cannot get here soon enough. No doubt, he or she is wondering, will I get in anywhere? Am I going to have to [...]
Whenever I drive up to the twin cities to drop my son off at college at Macalester, I am reminded about what a wonderful place Minneapolis - St Paul is to go to college. It is no wonder there are so many colleges there. First, a word about the twin cities as a college town. [...]
