Proverbial wisdom has it that even the longest journey begins with a single step, and recently I have spoken with students and parents starting the college process at independent schools in New York ...

It wasn't until I moved from college admission to college counseling that I realized how much family counseling was involved in the whole process. On the college side, aside from a few intense phone ...

With an Internet connection and the click of a mouse, today’s high school student has access to the world of higher education in fingertip reach. A student can walk the grounds of a college campus a ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Mary Frances Ruskell graduated in May from her high school in Columbia, South Carolina. The first round of admissions decisions for Clemson University came out on a December evening, ...

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The average public high school student receives less than 38 minutes of college assistance from their guidance counselor across four years—less time spent preparing for one of life’s most crucial ...

Is the college admissions process fair? That’s been the question of this year’s college admission season, with articles like Suzy Lee Weiss’s Wall Street Journal Op-Ed “To (All) the Colleges That ...

At a recent alumni dinner for my alma mater in Manhattan, a representative of the school welcomed us with these uncomfortable words: “Chances are most of us here would not even be admitted to this ...

Decision Day had arrived for our oldest kid. The first pancake. The first one out of the nest. The first one headed to college. In truth, on that day I think I was more nervous than my senior. I ...

In unprecedented times, great progress can be achieved. Who better to find creative solutions to unimaginable challenges than theater artists? This is exactly what has happened this year as we embark ...