March is an important month for high school seniors: by the end of it, most students will know which colleges admitted them and which didn't. Students may know April 1 as April Fool's Day, but, it is also the date by which many colleges release their admissions decisions. Students then have until [...]
As spring approaches, many high school juniors and their parents are beginning to feel the impending pressure of college, if they haven’t been feeling it already. For those who are just beginning their college search, the prospect may seem overwhelming. With more than 4,700 colleges in the United States [...]
The start of school marks the arrival of another important fall ritual: college fairs, which are gatherings of representatives from colleges. Typically, the representatives will have tables on which they’ll display brochures and materials from the college. Some fairs are limited to local or in-state colleges, while others include schools [...]
On August 9, a Denver radio station interviewed me about college fairs, paying for college, and the college admissions process. A podcast of the interview is available on the station's website. To access the podcast, scroll down to August 9, 2014, hour 1. The segment starts around 4:15 (4 minutes, 15 seconds).
When I was in high school, one of my favorite things about summer break was that it afforded me the time and opportunity to read for pleasure, a hobby that frequently got pushed to the back burner during the school year. A voracious reader, I spent many summer days engrossed in a book, [...]
I recently had an article published on Road2College.com. The article is aimed at students and parents, and it addresses common misconceptions about the college preparation process. You can read the article here.
It's something that most students and parents don't want to discuss or even think about: the chance that they or their daughters (or sons) could be sexually assaulted. But at many of our nation's colleges, this is a real possibility and a real problem. Sexual assault on college campuses has been getting [...]
At the beginning of my tour at Chapman University, the student tour guide said, "This is a place where you not only can continue your education, you can start your career." Throughout the tour, the guide gave examples of how Chapman students are able to do just that -- through internships, [...]
Many high school juniors are just beginning their college search. But for those who are interested in our nation's military academies, there is no time to waste, as their application processes begin earlier and are much more involved than that for other colleges and universities. Each branch of the military has [...]
Do you have a learning disability, ADHD, and/or learning differences? Do you feel that you will need extra support to succeed in college? If so, you should consider the University of Denver (DU). I recently had the opportunity to meet with the director of DU's Learning Effectiveness Program, or LEP. The [...]
