I read today in the Herald that internet mogul Peter Thiel is paying students to not attend college.  Instead, the Paypal founder and Facebook investor is offering $100,000 in seed money to [...]

Not too long ago, the Pew Research Center found that a majority of Americans (57 percent) now believe that the higher education system in the United States ‘fails to provide students with [...]

Let’s not forget, these are people making decisions about people. When you break it down, that’s what college admissions is at competitive colleges. Yes, there are academic standards [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7AoT5_N-0I&w=640&h=390] Do you want to receive the ‘Thick Envelope’ in the spring of your student’s 12th grade year?  It’s [...]

Last Friday was ‘Decision Day’ for our college-bound high school seniors.  It was a stressful week for many, me included, as offers were weighed, appealed and weighed again.  The good news is [...]

This is the second installment in a four-part series on Effective College Strategies for Today’s ‘Middle Class.’   While I know that right now college may feel like an [...]

In case you didn’t get the memo, 2011 is now officially  the ‘Most Difficult Year for College Applicants Ever’.  I can assure you that a) this is true [...]

I’m a nice guy, fair, smart, reasonable, measured, open-minded… pretty much anyone who has met me will tell you that.  That’s why this is worth a read  cause I’m not going [...]

Most college financial aid offices mail their financial aid award letters in late March or early April.  Unfortunately, many families are not happy with the contents of these letters.  This piece [...]

Miami Dade College recently announced that it was offering free tuition to all high school graduates from Miami Dade high schools, public or private, who earn at least a 3.0 weighted GPA. This is [...]