By Lee Shulman Bierer You want your essay to be the one that is passed around the admissions office…. or not. It’s a little bit like the difference between being famous and infamous. We all know that a sincere, well-written essay that provides insights about how...
By Lee Shulman Bierer They’re gone. All summer long you worried about their dorm room, what classes they’d take, how they’d adjust socially, if they will run out of money, if they will be homesick, etc. Guess what? They’re fine! The one thing that most parents forget...
By Lee Shulman Bierer I get it, I’m a few years past sending my kids off to college. But, have things really changed that much? It seems so when I hear stories about what some families are doing. A neighbor’s daughter is about to be a freshman...
By Lee Shulman Bierer Admissions policies, testing expectations, and the number of essays a student needs to write are all fluid pieces in the puzzle of college admissions. This year, like many other years, much has changed. Below is a list of the changes in admissions plans...
By Lee Shulman Bierer The big transition isn’t too far away. Many soon-to-be freshmen have already been on campus for orientation, most have their roommates lined up and beneath the veneer of excited anticipation, almost all of them are nervous about their new life. There’s a lot...
By Lee Shulman Bierer There's lots of anticipation and pressure as 18 year olds head off to college for the first time. How many times have "almost freshmen" heard -- "these are the best four years of your life"? For many it's their first time away...
By Lee Shulman Bierer This time of year I sound a lot like the old Dunkin' Donuts commercial...
By Lee Shulman Bierer People always seem to apologize when they’re making plans for summer campus visits; “I’m sorry, I know we should have done all this sooner, during spring break, but we couldn’t work it out.” Campus visits during the summer are fine. I just say...
By Lee Shulman Bierer Even though their first footstep into a college classroom is more than a month away, rising college freshmen, and many mothers, are already obsessing about what to pack. For most families this is the first tangible step of the “letting go” process....
By Lee Shulman Bierer If you’re a rising senior and you ask any of your soon-to-be-college-freshmen friends for one piece of advise about college applications, I know what it would be… They would tell you to NOT procrastinate, and to do your best to get as many...
