MIKE’S MEMOS

High school juniors and seniors years of learning under their belts, but that doesn’t mean they know much about the everything that’s yet to come. Most of what they do know about college comes from media, family and friends with older siblings. The information may be...

So, you’ve spent four years in high school. Your friends know you. Your teachers know you. Your comfortable and everything is familiar. It can feel like you’re at the top of your game. But everything is about to change. In the world of college admissions, no one knows...

Every day I scour the media for happenings in college and careers. Out of the dozens of articles that cross my desk, one or two is noteworthy enough to share. If you’re not already doing so, you can keep up to date with these resources by following College Planners of...

We’re in the thick of the college essay-writing season with our seniors and maybe you are too! There’s an excellent book we recommend to help get the job done: the better college essay by elizabeth stone, phd. One of our favorite distinctions early in the book is that...

Three days left to register for the october act! And, in case you haven’t heard about the recent changesThat were (almost silently) enacted on portions of the act,Read on! The act has quietly implemented a couple tweeks to the test which will debuted september 12th....

Earlier this month, two researchers — adam looney of the treasury department and constantine yannelis of stanford university — released an analysis of a new database of student debt. For years, student debt has been shrouded in mystery. Now, for the first time,...

On april 8th, I attended my first glenbard parent series talk. The evening featured new york times bestselling author, frank bruni, speaking from his new book, Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote To The College Admissions Mania. Mr. Bruni provided an...