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...
By Lee Shulman Bierer My first question to Rachel was “What do you wish you knew then that you know now?” Rachel, after all, is officially a veteran of the college admissions process. While she is busily adjusting to life after high school graduation she is...
By Lee Shulman Bierer Perhaps you’re not one of those super-organized, type-A people who firmed up their summer plans last January. And, right about now you’re finding yourself with more than a little free time this summer. Don’t worry, you’re not alone and the best news...
By Lee Shulman Bierer First piece of advice is for everyone; parents and students, to be mindful of the transition. Parents can’t revert to treating their college students the way they did in high school and college students need to remember that they aren’t living in...
