June 5, 2018 

RPI, established in 1864, has about 6300 undergraduate students on a 275-acre campus in Troy, NY.

May 15, 2018 

Bard College is a liberal arts and sciences college of just under 2000 undergraduates in a park-like campus of about 1000 acres in the Hudson Valley, about 90 minutes from New York City by car. Read this blog to learn what makes Bard College different. 

May 10, 2018

New York State does not have a flagship university. Instead, it has four University Centers. Last week, I visited one of these University Centers, Binghamton University. Binghamton University is a research university that boasts “excellence and value.” It has about 13,600 undergraduate students.

April 26, 2018 

Merrimack College is a private Roman Catholic college in the Augustinian tradition in North Andover, Massachusetts. It is a career-focused, personalized, success-driven college that wants to "make good students great."

April 9, 2018

Learn about the advantages of having a college admissions consultant and what you should look for when hiring one. 

March 6, 2018 

Highlights of what's new at Johnson and Wales since my January 2014 visit.

March 2, 2018 

High school students can assess their chance for admission by using Naviance scattergrams. Here are three considerations when using Naviance scattergrams. 

December 20, 2017

In the late Fall, I attended a luncheon for independent college admissions consultants with Lauren Sefton, Associate Director of Admission from Rhodes College. Here is some of what Lauren shared with us.

November 7, 2017

Temple University is a public university with its main campus in North Philadelphia.

October 23, 2017 

Marist College seemed very focused on hands-on practical skills, internships, and jobs after graduation, for all majors. 

August 17, 2017 

I hope these tips will help your children or students get through the first semester of college with good grades, good health, new friends, not too much homesickness, and no regrets.

July 17, 2017

Getting into the Rutgers-Newark 7-year medical program is highly competitive. The first three years are spent at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Caldwell University, Stockton University, Rutgers-Newark, The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), Montclair State University or Stevens Institute of Technology and the last four years are spent at Rutgers-Newark. Fifty-two students were admitted into this 7-year program this year, across the seven schools.

June 14, 2017 

The Rutgers University Honors College, which is two years old, is not to be confused with the Rutgers honors programs. The Honors College takes the top 7% of each school (except nursing) from Rutgers New Brunswick. The Honors College brings together students from across disciplines, creating an interdisciplinary experience.

June 7, 2017

Union College in Schnectady, NY is unusual in many ways, including the 11 ways described in this blog post. 

April 6, 2017

The University of Central Florida (UCF), a public university in Orlando with over 54,000 undergraduates, is the country’s second-largest university. The main campus, on more than 1400 acres, seemed overwhelming when we first arrived on campus, but once we understood the school layout, it was much more manageable. 

February 15 2017

Rollins College is a private college with about 2000 students.  The Spanish Mediterranean style buildings are located on about 80 acres on a lake in Winter Park, Florida, not far from Orlando.  

January 31, 2017 

While on vacation, I visited the University of Florida (UF), a public university in Gainesville, with about 36,000 undergraduates, about 90 minutes north of Orlando.  

October 20. 2016

Christopher Newport is a public university in Newport News, Va. of about 5000 students which focuses on undergraduates. Leadership, service and honor are valued and there is an honor code. The CNU motto is “Leading a life of consequence” and the four pillars are undergraduate research, study abroad, internships and service.  

October 11, 2016

If you are concerned about campus safety, what should you know or ask?  Most colleges will tell you about their “blue light” system, their security staff, how they keep out people who don’t belong in your student’s dorm, and their campus-wide alert system.  Here are seven other safety concerns to consider.

September 28, 2016

I visited Manhattan College, a co-ed Catholic Collee in the Riverdale section of the Bronx with about 3500 students. Manhattan College has a campus of 22 acres, near Van Cortlandt Park (1146 acres) and near the last stop on the 1 Subway, which goes into Manhattan.