ΑΡΧΕΙΟ ΑΡΘΡΩΝ
2022
- “Tips for Every Stage of Your College Tour“, Applerouth, 7 May 2022
- “Changes to foreign degree recognition“, eKathimerini, 18 January, 2022
- “Recognised Foreign Educational Institutions“, Hellenic National Academic Recognition and Information Center (DOATAP)
2021
- “Will that College Degree Pay Off?”, New York Times, August 13, 2021
- “The Future of the Campus Tour”, Inside HigherEd, July 26, 2021
- “University of California Will No Longer Consider SAT and ACT Scores,” The New York Times, May 15, 2021
- “What You Need to Know About Campus Insurance,” The New York Time, July 16, 2021
- “How to Help Pay for College When Money is Tight“, The Wall Street Journal, May 6, 2021
- “Here’s a List of Colleges That Will Require Students or Employees to Be Vaccinated Against Covid-19,” by Andy Thomason, The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 3, 2021
- “UC explains admissions decisions in a record application year of much heartbreak, some joy”, The Los Angeles Times, April 12, 2021
- “The had their chance,” by Bill Murphy, Jr., April 6, 2021
- “Waiting Lists: What to Expect,” Inside Higher Ed, March 29, 2021
- “College Admissions Season is Crazier Than Ever. That Could Change Who Gets In.“, The Wall Street Journal, March 16, 2021
- “Expect College Wait Lists to Be Obnoxiously Long This Year,” The Wall Street Journal, March 10, 2021
- “Keeping Your Options Open“, Compass, February 1, 2021
- “National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: The first Greek university on top 200,” Study In Greece, February 3, 2021
- “The College Board eliminates SAT Subject Tests and optional essay,” The Brown Daily Herald, January 31, 2021
- “Financial Aid: Grades, Merit and Talking to Kids About Paying for College,” The New York Times, January 23, 2021
- “College Board is scrapping SAT’s optional essay and subject tests”, The Washington Post, January 19, 2021
- “Ethical Parenting in the College Admissions Process,” Harvard’s Making Caring Common Project
- “UK universities ‘weighing options’ on EU student discounts,” Times Higher Education World University Rankings, January 6, 2021
2020
“2020 Early College Application Numbers Defy Expectations,” by Josh Stevens December 20, 2020
2019
- “The Top Public Schools in the WSJ/THE College Rankings.” The Wall Street Journal, September 4, 2019
- “U.S. Colleges Step Up Admissions Spot Checks After Scandal,” Bloomberg, 20 November 2019
- “College admissions officers rank students before they apply,” The Washington Post, 14 October 2019
- “The Shaw Family Admission Plan: One Wall Street billionaire and the ultimate college hedge.” New York Magazine, September 30, 2019
- “20 Expert Tips for Getting Your Kid into College …. Legally,” Boston Magazine, August 27, 2019
- “Nine Steps High School Students Can Take to Get a Head Start on College Admissions“, Forbes, April 26, 2019
- “How International Premeds Can Find a U.S. Medical School,” U.S. News & World Report, April 2, 2019
- “What to Look For When Hiring a College Consultant,” US News & World Report, April 4, 2019
- “Transitioning to College with an Eating Disorder,” Accessible College, April 8, 2019
- “The College Admissions Scandal: Voices of Reason, Part Two,” Forbes, April 5, 2019
- “More Colleges Go Test Optional,” Higher Ed, April 1, 2019
- “Two Codes Your Kids Will Need to Know,” The New York Times, February 12, 2019
- “4 Diverse Factors That Top Colleges Consider as Much as SAT Scores”, Forbes, January 31, 2019
- “The Hard Part of Computer Science? Getting Into Class.” The New York Times, January 24, 2019
- “What’s Going On in This Graph?” New York Times, January 16, 2019
- “How to Deal with A Deferral or Denial of College Admissions: Change Priorities,” Forbes, December 13, 2018
2018
- “How U.S. News Calculated the 2019 Best College Rankings,” US News & World Report, September 19, 2018
- “How Colleges Weigh Applicants Extracurriculars,” US News & World Report, October 25, 2018
- “How to Deal with A Deferral or Denial of College Admissions: Change Priorities,” Forbes, December 13, 2018
- “The Brexit-Fueled Death of British Universities,” FP, December 18, 2018
- “How to Survive Feeling Homesick,” The New York Times, Winter, 2018
- “College Admission, Helplessness, and Choice,” Forbes, November 14, 2018
- “How to Make Friends,” The New York Time, October 24, 2018
- “How I Know You Wrote Your Kid’s College Essay,” The New York Times, Fall, 2018
- “Unvarnished Tales of Getting Into College in the U.S.“, The New York Times, May 30, 2018
- “The Two Most Important College Admissions Criteria Now Mean Less“, The Atlantic, May 25, 2018
- “‘Portraits of Resilience’ destigmatize depression at one of the world’s top universities“, PBS.org, May 14, 2018
- “Five Rules of the College and Career Game“, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Work Force, Spring, 2018
- “5 High Schoolers and Their College Application Essays About Work, Money and Social Class“, The New York Times, May 11, 2018
- “Nine Teaching Ideas for Using Music to Inspire Student Writing“, The New York Times, May 10, 2018
- “How to Avoid Burnout in Youth Sports”, The New York Times, May 7, 2018
- “How to Do Laundry”, The New York Times, Smart Living Guides, 2018
- “College Decision Day is May 1st”, Nitro, March 21, 2018
- “Stop Asking About My Kid’s College Plans”, The New York Times, 24 March 2018
- “Are Subject Tests a Sinking Ship?”, The Princeton Review, 13 March 2018
- “Record 42,742 Apply To Harvard College”, The Harvard Crimson, 14 February 2018
- “The Key To Raising A Happy Child”, NPRED, 14 February 2018
- “7 things college admissions officers wish every applicant knew”, Business Insider, February 2018
- “9 ways parents can empower a child who has learning issues”, The Washington Post, 10 January 2018
2017
- “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?, The Atlantic, September 2017
- “International Students: Get Into U.S. Medical Schools,” U.S. News & World Report, October 31, 2017
- Higher Tests Scores, Lower Tuition, The Princeton Review, 18 DECEMBER 2017
- “Strategies For Dealing With Early Decision Deferrals”, Forbes Magazine, 19 DECEMBER 2017
- “WHEN ALUMNI INTERVIEWERS SCREW UP, THINGS GET WEIRD”, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 20 NOVEMBER 2017
- “50 Best U.S. Colleges for International Students”, Forbes, 27 SEPTEMBER 2017
- “10 Things to Know About Getting into your Dream College”, The New York Times, 01 NOVEMBER 2017
- “What Colleges Want in an Applicant (Everything)”, The New York Times, 1 NOVEMBER 2017
- “Cornell freshman’s video on loneliness of college gets national attention”, Cornell University, 17 OCTOBER 2017
- “College Advice I Wish I’d Taken”, The New York Times, 17 OCTOBER 2017
- Notes from NACAC 2017: Is the International Education Bubble Bursting?, Applerouth Newsletter, 12 OCTOBER 2017
- “Answer Sheet Analysis International counselors blast ACT and College Board, citing ‘lack of confidence’ over testing”, The Washington Post, 04 OCTOBER 2017
- “Lessons of Leonardo” How to be a Creative Genius”, The Wall Street Journal, 29 SEPTEMBER 2017
- “Most Connecticut 4-year Colleges, Universities No Longer Require SAT, ACT Scores”, Hartford Current, 04 SEPTEMBER 2017
- “The Real Campus Scourge”, The New York Times, 02 SEPTEMBER 2017
- “US University Options in Europe”, IECA, 20 AUGUST 2017
- “COLLEGE COACHES USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO VET RECRUITS”, NACAC Official Blog, 08 AUGUST 2017
- “How to Get the Most out of a College Town Vacation”, The New York Times, 27 JULY 2017
- “Coping with a Blockade”, Inside Higher Ed, 31 JULY 2017
- “Liberal Arts in the Data Age”, Harvard Business Review, July August 2017
- “No job? Tips for Teens to Fill Idle Summer Time”, ABC News, 23 JUNE 2017
- “On Campus, Failure Is on the Syllabus”, The New York Times, 24 JUNE 2017
- “How IECs Fit into the Counseling Puzzle”, NACAC Journal, June 2017
- “How to Keep Your College Admission Offer: Start with Digital Literacy”, The New York Times, 7 JUNE 2017
- “Harvard Rescinds Acceptances for At Least Ten Students for Obscene Memes”, The Crimson, 5 JUNE 2017
- “Fending off Math Anxiety”, The New York Times, 24 April 2017
- “The Ethos of the Overly Involved Parent”, The Atlantic, 18 May 2017
- “UC regents expected to limit enrollment of nonresident undergrads”, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 MAY 2017
- “Top Colleges for Fulbright Student Awards 2016-2017”, Admissions Intel, 28 APRIL 2017
- “Don’t Be Perfect and Other Tips for Your ZeeMee College Admissions Video”, Admissions Intel, 24 APRIL 2017
- “Negotiating College Costs”, Hearst CT News, 19 APRIL 2017
- “Government confirms funding for EU students for 2018 to 2019”, UK Dept of Education, 21 APRIL 2017
- “EU Referendum–What We Know for EU Students”, UKCISA, 12 April 2017
- “Cheat Sheet”, Reuters, 2017
- “Former Interns Tell How They Landed a First Job”, The New York Times, 7 APRIL 2017
- “How To: Understand American Measurements on the ACT Math Section”, Arborbridge, April 2017
- “Top Game Design Programs for 2017”, Admissions Intel, 6 APRIL 2017
- “Brooklyn College Student Accepted to 11 Medical Schools Summarizes Her Study Skills”, Pix11.com, 30 MARCH 2017
- “Student Resources How Senioritis Can Earn You a “Fear of God” Letter”, College Essay Guy, March 2017
- “Not Leadership Material? Good. The World Needs Followers”, The New York Times, 24 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ 2017
- “How Much Should Parents and Counselors Oversee Students’ College Applications?”, HOBSONS, 24 MARCH 2017
- “4 Common Questions, Answers About IB Assessments”, US News, 13 March 2017
- “College Advice: How I Read An Application”, Forbes Magazine, 28 FEBRUARY 2017
- “HBS 2+2: How to Apply to Harvard Business School as an Undergrad”, Poets and Quants, 8 February 2017
- “Best Young Adult Fiction 2016”, Good Reads, 2017
- “Tips for earning grades colleges will be sure to notice”, Admissions Intel, 23 FEBRUARY 2017
- “IELTS vs. TOEFL”, US News, 16 FEBRUARY 2017
- “College Consortia: A Cooperative Model That Offers Students Greater Value”, Forbes Magazine, 01 FEBRUARY 2017
- “What kind of jobs can I get if I Major in _____?”, HigherEd Data Stories,
- “Best liberal arts colleges in the United States”, Times Higher Education, 11 JANUARY 2017
- “Top 20 Fields for Internships: Get Your Skills On”, The New York Times, 03 FEBRUARY 2017
- “Colleges offer advice on deferral”, Admissions Intel, 11 January 2017
- “Ten Ways For Parents To Get On Top Of The College Admission Process”, Forbes Magazine, 11 JANUARY 2017
2016
- “Grades, not IQ or standardized testing is what predicts future success”, Quartz, 05 December 2016
- “Oxford University tries a new approach to recruiting poor students”, The Economist, 10 DECEMBER 2016
- “How to Deal with Early Decision News, Good or Bad”, Her Campus, 7 DECEMBER 2016
- “Keep Your Top College Choices On The Hook With These 6 Application Tips”, Forbes Magazine, 28 NOVEMBER 2016
- “A Liberal Arts Degree is More Important Than Ever”, Forbes Magazine, 16 NOVEMBER 2016
- “A Guide to Getting a Bachelor’s Abroad”, The New York Times, 02 NOVEMBER 2016
- “Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings 2017”, Times Higher Education, Fall 2016
- “How to Make Sense of College Rankings”, The New York Times, 29 OCTOBER 2016
- “How the Internet Wrecked College Admissions”, The Atlantic, 17 OCTOBER 2016
- “Admissions Movement Leaving ACT/SAT Behind”, DIVERSE Issues in Higher Education, 11 OCTOBER 2016
- “World University Rankings 2016-2017: results announced”, Times Higher Education, 21 SEPTEMBER 2016
- “College tour fail: Why can’t admissions offices tell it like it is? “, Los Angeles Times, 07 SEPTEMBER 2016
- “How the New Princeton Review College Rankings Compare to Money’s”, Time, 30 AUGUST 2016
- “What College Admissions Officers Say They Want in a Candidate”, The Washington Post, 30 AUGUST 2016
- “Opting out of Submitting College Admissions Tests Could Be A Good Idea”, Forbes, 29 AUGUST 2016
- Interactive Article: “How Cuts to Public Universities Have Driven Students Out of State”, New York Times, 26 AUGUST 2016
- “The Parents Guide to Insurance for College Students “, The Seattle Times, 04 AUGUST 2016
- “Leftover Meal Plan Swipes: No Waste Here”, New York Times, 5 AUGUST 2016
- “How Much Does Living Off-Campus Cost? Who Knows?”, New York Times, 5 AUGUST 2016
- “How Helicopter Parenting can Cause Binge Drinking”, The Atlantic, SEPTEMBER 2016
- “Money’s Best Colleges”, MONEY, 04 AUGUST 2016
- “The Agony of College Choice And How To Get Through It”, Forbes, 25 JULY 2016
- Why America’s Business Majors Are in Desperate Need of a Liberal-Arts Education, The Atlantic, 28 JUNE 2016
- “‘Brexit’ Vote Gave Me a Harsh, Belated Wake-Up Call”, The New York Times, 02 JULY 2016
- “With Brexit win, universities face “significant challenges””, Inside Higher Ed, 24 JUNE 2016
- “College Admissions: How a College Can Take Back Your Acceptance”, GoLocal Prov, 2016
- “Don’t Use College Selectivity as a Measure of Quality”, Forbes, 13 MAY 2016
- “SAT Score Converter”, itunes, 20 MAY 2016
- “Getting in Episode 8B: Tips for Selecting a College Counselor”, slate.com, 28 APRIL 2016
- “At the University of Southern California, a rare open door for transfer students“, Washington Post, 12 MAY 2016
- “After Your College Tours, Where To Go From Here?”, FORBES, 26 April 2016
- “5 Ways to Get Started on College Apps Before Senior Year”, hercampus.com, 16 April 2016
- “Books to read before university”, Times Higher Education, 14 APRIL 2016
- “Career Coaching for the Playdate Generation”, The New York Times, 7 APRIL 2016
- “Will You Sprint, Stroll or Stumble into a Career?”, The New York Times, 5 APRIL 2016
- “A college-admissions edge for the wealthy: Early decision”, The Washington Post, 31 MARCH 2016
- “The Wait List…yea, you know. Part 3.”, Georgia Tech Admission Blog, 23 MARCH 2016
- “Advice College Admissions Officers Give Their Own Kids”, New York Times, 17 MARCH 2016
- “Best universities in Europe 2016”, Times Higher Education, 10 MARCH 2016
- “More Colleges Are Cyber-Stalking Students During the Admissions Process”, MONEY, 09 MARCH 2016
- “Four Important Things to Consider When Choosing a College”, Forbes, 19 FEBRUARY 2016
- “The Problem with Elite-College Admissions”, The Atlantic, 14 FEBRUARY 2016
- “Will the College Admissions Test Disappear?”, Bloomberg Business, 03 FEBRUARY 2016
- “EU student numbers up by over 40 percent at some English universities”, Times Higher Education, 04 FEBRUARY 2016
- “Do Elite Colleges Lead to Higher Salaries? Only for Some Professions”, The Wall Street Journal, 31 JANUARY 2016
- “What your child needs to know before taking the SAT and ACT”, The Washington Post, 21 JANUARY 2016
- “Should You Go to College in Canada?”, Money College Planner, 21 JANUARY 2016
- “To get into college, Harvard report advocates for kindness instead of overachieving”, The Washington Post, 20 JANUARY 2016
- “Campus Sex … With a Syllabus”, The New York Times, 09 JANUARY 2016
2015
- “Go Dutch and save yourself £50,000 “, The Guardian, 02
- “Demonstrating Sufficient Financial Resources Adds to International Students Burden”, IECA Insights, AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2015
- “A Harvard Medical School professor makes the case for the liberal arts and philosophy”, The Washington Post, 24 DECEMBER 2015
- “Women’s Colleges”, Forbes, 19 December 2015
- “10 Colleges Where Merit Aid Is Most Common”, US News & World Report, 22 SEPTEMBER 2015
- “10 Universities That Offer International Students the Most Aid”, US News & World Report, 24SEPTEMBER2015
- “9 Signs you are a Global Citizen”, Minerva Project, Fall 2015
- “Gilmore Girls: A Case Study in Discussing Your PSAT, SAT and ACT Scores with Classmates”, Huffington Post, 23 November 2015
- “College Admissions: 5 Reasons to Attend College in Canada”, GoLocalProv, 2015
- “Top 10 Universities for Maths”, The Telegraph, 10 NOVEMBER 2015
- “Getting In: Three Surprisingly Effective Ways to Demonstrate Interest”, Slate, 5 November 2015
- “The One Big Danger of Applying to College Early”, TIME USA, 29 SEPTEMBER 2015
- “Why It Makes Good Sense to Save for College Now”, The New York Times, 23 OCTOBER 2015
- “The value of university Where’s best?”, The Economist, 30 October 2015
- “The 25 Colleges with the Best Location”, Business Insider, 25 OCTOBER 2015
- “High-Stress High School What’s the balance between preparing students for college and ensuring they aren’t killing themselves in the process?”, The Atlantic, 09 OCTOBER 2015
- “Do admissions counselors REALLY search for applicants on social media?”, Parry College Counseling: College Admissions Blog, 25 JULY 2015
- “12+ Things You Should Know About the New Common Application 2015-16”, Huffington Post, 05 AUGUST 2015
- “World University Rankings 2015-2016”, The Times Higher Education, 30 SEPTEMBER 2015
- “College rankings crush liberal arts education. It’s time to revalue it.”, The Washington Post, 22 SEPTEMBER 2015
- “Questions Families Need to Ask About Paying for College”, The Wall Street Journal, 21 SEPTEMBER 2015
- “I Said We’d Never Hire a College Admissions Adviser. Then We Did”, The New York Times, 20 SEPTEMBER 2015
- “5 Common App Essay Tips That Will Actually Help You”, HER CAMPUS, 09 SEPTEMBER 2015
- “Honors colleges offer real advantages”, Moorpark Acorn, 04 SEPTEMBER 2015
- “Uber Would Like to Buy Your Robotics Department”, The New York Times, 11 SEPTEMBER 2015
- “When Things Don’t Go as Planned”, TeenLife, SUMMER 2015
- “How Schools Are Handling an ‘Overparenting’ Crisis”, NPR (National Public Radio), 28 August 2015
- “11 Student-Athletes on What They Learned From Playing College Sports”, Huffpost, 18 AUGUST 2015
- “Four Steps to Choosing a College Major”, The New York Times, 31 JULY 2015
- “How to Live Wisely”, The New York Times, 31 JULY 2015
- “Bombed the SAT or the ACT? Here are colleges that are ‘test-optional.”, The Washington Post, 27JULY2015
- “Today’s Exhausted Superkids”, The New York Times, 29JULY2015
- “Kids of Helicopter Parents Are Sputtering Out”, Doublex, 05JULY2015
- “The Real Student-Debt Crisis”, The New Yorker, 06JULY2015
- “Counselors react strongly to new ACT score reports”, examiner.com, 25 JUNE 2015
- “Should U.S. Expats Hire College Admissions Advisers for Teen Applicants?”, The Wall Street Journal, 03JUNE2015
- “How the FAFSA and ACT can Hurt Your Application (And Not for the Reasons You Think), Forbes, 16 JUNE 2015
- “The College Majors That Make The Most Money”, Bloomberg, 7 MAY 2015
- “Getting Into College Does Not Mean Students Are Ready to Go”, The New York Times, 27APRIL2015
- “Wider-Ranging Rankings”, INSIDE HIGHER ED, 29APRIL2015
- “Ivy League’s meritocracy lie: How Harvard and Yale cook the books for the 1 percent “, SALON, 11JANUARY2015
- “The 25 best colleges for earning a degree in business”, Fortune, 10 APRIL 2014
- “Good Mental Health Away From Home Starts Before College”, The Wall Street Journal, 13APRIL2015
- “Our Push for ‘Passion,’ and Why It Harms Kids”, The New York Times, 8 APRIL 2015
- “7 College Wait List Strategies”, SAYCAMPUSLIFE, 2015
- “College Admissions: 5 Admission Factors You Can’t Predict”, GoLocalProv, 30MARCH2015
- “Research Universities: A Dirty Little Secret”, The College Solution, 27MARCH2015
- “Where You Go is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania”, The Diane Rehm Show, 16 MARCH 2015
- “How to Survive the College Admissions Madness”, The New York Times, 13 MARCH 2015
- “Budget Standoff Leaves Applications in Limbo”, US News, 2 MARCH 2015
- “International Med School Applicants Face Challenges”, The Brown Daily Herald, 24 FEBRUARY 2015
- “The Financial Aid Fine Print”, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 23 February 2015
- “How One Student Used Twitter to Figure Out Which College Was Right For Her”, USA Today, 16 FEBRUARY 2015
- “UCAS Admissions System to Include European Universities”, BBC, 17 FEBRUARY 2015
- “Ranking the 50 most ‘underrated’ colleges in the U.S.”, USA Today, 10 FEBRUARY 2015
- “College Admissions: Applications Surge at Many Elite Colleges”, GoLocalProv, 09FEBRUARY15
- “Spying on College Life, via Yik Yak”, The New York Times, 11JANUARY2015
- “New Apps Give Teens Easier, Persistent Access To Mental Help”, NPR, 13JANUARY2015
- “College Admissions Racket: They’re Not Going To Let You In Anyway”, Bloomberg Business, 28 JANUARY 2015
- “Note to Self”, Huffington Post, 20 JANUARY 2015
- “New SAT, New Problems”, The Atlantic, 20JANUARY2015
- “Why colleges aggressively recruit applicants just to turn them down”, PBS, 12JANUARY2015
- “Early Admissions Reject? Blame the Seven Sisters”, Bloomberg View, 13JANUARY2015
- “In Fervent Support of the ‘Gap Year'”, The New York Times, 04JANUARY2015
- “The 2015 Maclean’s University Rankings”, Macleans, 30 OCTOBER 2014
2014
- “The Ivy League, Mental Illness and the Meaning of Life”, The Atlantic, 19 August 2014
- “Tips to Survive Your First Semester of College (Well)”, THE WORKS, 03 SEPTEMBER 2014
- “Why Top Tech CEOs Want Employees With Liberal Arts Degrees”, Fast Company, 08 AUGUST 2014
- “Not all Agents Call Themselves Agents”, IECA Insights, AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2014
- , Time, 14 MAY 2014
- “It’s Almost Time to Fill Out College Financial Aid Form for Fall 2015”, The New York Times, 31 DECEMBER 2014
- “What happens when your college crush won’t commit?”, LA Times, 26 DECEMBER 2014
- “Management in the Digital Economy”, The New York Times, 25 DECEMBER 2014
- “College Admissions: Following Up After Applications are Submitted”, Go Local Portland, 17 DECEMBER 2014
- “College Admissions: Disciplinary Disclosures On Your Application”, GoLocal!PDX, 10DECEMBER2014
- “5 Fast Facts 4 Foreign Apps”, OCAC Blog, 10 DECEMBER 2014
- “Epilogue: After Colleges Accept You”, Yale University Admissions Site, DECEBER2014
- “For Accomplished Students, Reaching a Good College Isn’t as Hard as it Seems”, The New York Times, 29 NOVEMBER 2014
- “Toning Down the Tweets Just in Case Colleges Pry”, The New York Times, 19 NOVEMBER 2014
- “Parents let Harvard go”, Rox and Roll, 05 NOVEMBER 2014
- “Weigh Passion, Practicality to Narrow Your College Search”, US News & World Report, 03 NOVEMBER 2014
- “Why we are looking at the ‘value’ of college all wrong”, The Washington Post, 01 NOVEMBER 2014
- “7 Cliché College Application Essays You Should Avoid”, The Huffington Post, 18 OCTOBER 2014
- “Do This To Improve Your College Chances”, Huffington Post, 16 OCTOBER 2014
- “The 16 Most Beautiful Liberal Arts Colleges in America”, examiner.com, 15 OCTOBER 2014
- “The Trouble with Harvard”, New Republic, 4 September 2014
- “Top schools for entrepreneurship studies in 2015”, Examiner.com, 10 OCTOBER 2014
- “UPDATE: 10 things the college admissions office won’t tell you”, Morningstar Advisor, 03 OCTOBER 2014
- “Pictures from an Institution Leon Botstein made Bard College what it is, but can he ensure that it outlasts him?”, New Yorker, 29 SEPTEMBER 2014
- “Creative destruction A cost crisis, changing labour markets and new technology will turn an old institution on its head”, The Economist, 24 SEPTEMBER 2014
- “Money’s Best Colleges”, Money Magazine, September 2014
- “A College Education Should Include Rooming with a Stranger”, The New York Times, 07 SEPTEMBER 2014
- “What makes a global top 10 university?”, BBC, 15 SEPTEMBER 2014
- “How to Teach a Young Introvert”, ideas.ted.com, 2 September 2014
- “The Learning Myth: Why I’ll Never Tell My Son He’s Smart”, Khan Academy Blog, 19 AUGUST 2014
- “Demand More from College”, The New York Times, 06 SEPTEMBER 2014
- “On Not Writing”, The New York Times, 23 AUGUST 2014
- “9 Tips on How to be a Good College Parent”, The Washington Post”, 2 SEPTEMBER 2014
- “The Role of Fraternities and Sororities Today”, The Diane Rehm Show, 26 AUGUST 2014
- “Going Professional: The Ins and Outs, Law, Business, Medicine, Dentistry, Education, Engineering”, The New York Times, 1 AUGUST 2014
- “College Advice from the People Who Matter Most (Pt. I)”, The Huffington Post, 30 JULY 2014
- “College Advice from the People Who Matter Most (Pt. I)”, The Huffington Post, 30 JULY 2014
- “Another School Year: Why? By John Ciardi”, Jon Boeckenstedt’s Admissions Blog, 21 NOVEMBER 2008
- “12 Uncommon Common Application Questions”, examiner.com, 6 AUGUST 2014
- “Avoiding Roommate Shock, Online”, The New York Times, 19 JULY 2014
- “Summer Reading’, examiner.com, 21 JULY 2014
- “Ivy Leage Schools Are Overrated”, The New Republic, 21 JULY 2014
- “But I Want to Do Your Homework Helping Kids With Homework”, The New York Times, 22 JUNE 2014
- “Naked Confessions of the College-Bound Oversharing in Admissions Essays”, The New York Times, 14 JUNE 2014
- “The Game is Changing”, Independent Educational Consultants Blog, 10 JUNE 2014
- “Enhance Summer ACT, ACT with Reading You Enjoy”, Vertitas Tutors, 02 JUNE 2014
- “Is College Worth It?”, The New York Times, 27 MAY 2014
- “‘Tiger moms’ vs. Western-style Mothers”, Stanford Report, 20 MAY 2014
- “Looking abroad for a university degree”, BBC, 20 MAY 2014
- “Four Stand-Out College Essays About Money”, The New York Times, 9 MAY 2014
- “Reasons for Hope While Applying to College”, The New York Times, 04 MAY 2014
- “Stop Worrying About Your Child Getting Into College. Worry About What Happens Next.”, The New York Times, 30 APRIL 2014
- “Get Ready for College Writing by Learning to Revise”, The New York Times, 25 APRIL 2014
- “Best, Brightest and Rejected: Elite Colleges Turn Away Up To 95%”, The New York Times, 8 APRIL 2014
- “10 Rules For Decoding College Financial Aid Award Letters, FORBES, 03 MARCH 2014
- “What You Don’t Know About Financial Aid But Should”, The New York Times, 09 APRIL 2014
- “Why Your Brilliant Child Didn’t Get Into the Ivies”, The Neurotic Parent Blog, 3 APRIL 2014
- “A Myth About College Planning: It is Not Too Early to Start”, Northwestern University: Center for Talent Development, Spring 2014
- “11 Colleges That Are Better Investments Than Any Ivy League School”, PolicyMic, 27 MARCH 2014
- “The Spring Break Tour: A Survival Guide”, The Wall Street Journal, 12 MARCH 2014
- “The Great SAT Makeover”, applerouth.com, 12 MARCH 2014
- “Digital Natives, Analog Universities”, Brandeis Magazine, Winter 2014
- “10 Rejection Letters Sent to Famous People”, mental_floss.com, 5 MARCH 2014
- “The Art of the College Recommendation Letter”, The Atlantic, 24 FEBRUARY 2014
- “Smart Social Media for Teens”, Star Tribune, 25 FEBRUARY 2014
- “Need-blind vs. Need-aware: Be Aware”, Expert’s Corner, 2014
- “What every Ivy League college is looking for in its admission essays”, QUARTZ, 10 FEBRUARY 2014
- “14 Things I Wish I Knew Before, Thought Catalog, 21 JANUARY 2014
- “24 Signs You Went To College in NYC”, Thought Catalog, 5 FEBRUARY 2014
- “The 100 Best Jobs”, US News & World Report, 2014
- “The 10 Snowiest Colleges in the US”, AccuWeather, 22 JANUARY 2014
- “Don’t Let Application Drive What You Do This Summer”, San Jose Mercury News, 13 JANUARY 2014
2013
- “30 Colleges with Strong Mental Health Services”, Business Insider, 1 OCTOBER 2013
- “The Realities of Athletic Scholarships”, The College Solution, 1 MAY 2013
- “Epilogue: After Colleges Accept You”, Yale.edu, 2013
- “The Problem With Rich Kids”, Psychology Today”, 5 November 2013
- “When Early Decision is the Wrong Decision”, TIME USA, 30 OCTOBER 2013
- Getting Out of the Discount Game, Small Colleges Lower the Price”, The New York Times, 25 DECEMBER 2013
- “How to Turn Your Liberal Arts Degree Into a Top Tech Startup Job”, Hubspot, 16 DECEMBER 2013
- “Hearing Back From Colleges Soon? Read With Caution “, The Huffington Post, 11 DECEMBER 2013
- “Forbes “30 Under 30″: Colleges They Don’t Talk About”, 60secondrecap.com, 15 OCTOBER 2013
- “Redefining Success for a College-Bound Child”, The New York Times, 13 MARCH 2013
- “Let Go of the College Essay, and Let Your Teenager Speak for Herself”, The New York Times, 15 NOVEMBER 2013
- “How Many Colleges Should Students Apply To?”, collegeadmissionbook/blog, 21 OCTOBER 2013
- “5 Questions to Ask a U.S. College Admissions Representative”, U.S. News & World Report, 10 OCTOBER 2013
- “Surviving Hurricane Common Application”, The Huffington Post, 25 OCTOBER 2013
- “Deadlines for Colleges Are Delayed”, The New York Times, 18 OCTOBER 2013
- “Students in Britain Are Drawn to U.S. Colleges”, The New York Times, 06 OCTOBER 2013
- “Didn’t Ace SAT? Just Design Microbe Transplant Research”, The New York Times, 28 SEPTEMBER 2013
- “48 iPad Apps That High School and College Students Love”, blog,
- “A Funny Way for Students to Get Savvy About Money”, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 15 SEPTEMBER 2013
- “The Short Sentence as Gospel Truth”, The New York Times, 7 SEPTEMBER 2013
- “Writing the Right College-Entrance Essay”, Wall Street Journal, 24 AUGUST 2013
- “America’s Best Colleges 2013”, Forbes, 24 JULY 2013
- “Back to School: Entry into the United States”, Study in the States, 20 AUGUST 2013
- “LinkedIn Opens Floodgates to Teens With Launch of University Pages”, The Huffington Post, 19 AUGUST 2013
- “What to Expect from an Independent College Counselor”, Reuters, 12 AUGUST 2013
- “Confessions of an Application Reader Lifting the Veil on the Holistic Process at the University of California, Berkeley”, The New York Times, 13 AUGUST 2013
- “Ten mostly offbeat ways teens can learn something this summer”, The Washington Post, 25 JUNE 2012
- “7 Reasons to Avoid Senioritis”, The New York Times, 10 MAY 2013
- 7 Things Graduating Seniors Should Know About College, “The New York Times”, 12 JUNE 2013
- “The Internship: Not the Movie”, The New York Times, 08 JUNE 2013
- “The New Case for Liberal Arts”, The International Herald Tribune, 14 MAY 2013
- “9 key ways independent educational consultants support families”, examiner.com, 6 MAY 2013
- “2013 Guide To FAFSA, CSS Profile, Expected Family Contribution (EFC) And College Aid”, Forbes, 02 JANUARY 2013
- “For the Undecided, Some Resources to Help Make a College Choice”, The Choice, 26 APRIL 2013
- “Document Deep Dive: What was on the First SAT?”, The Smithsonian, 12 APRIL 2013
- “The 25 Healthiest Colleges in the US”, Greatist.com, 24 APRIL 2013
- “The Choice: Making the Final College Decision, The New York Times, 8 APRIL 2013
- “Making Lemonade Out of College Admissions Notifications “, The Huffington Post, 29 MARCH 2013
- “What’s in a Name? Helping High School Seniors Choose the Right College “, The Huffington Post, 27 MARCH 2013
- “Part I: Answering Your Questions on Paying for College”, The New York Times, 2013
- “For International Students, College Checklists for March”, The New York Times, 07 MARCH 2013
- Good Grades and College Aid: The Wake-Up Story, “Forbes”, 2 FEBRUARY 2013
- “12 Insider Tricks to Pay for College”21 ΙΑΝΟΘΑΡΙΟΥ 2013, “Forbes”, 21 JANUARY 2013
- “The Pros and Cons of Asking a College for Financial Aid”, “New York Times”, 1 MARCH 2013
- “The Five Greatest Predictors of Student Success”, growingleaders.com, 11 JANUARY 2013
- “Lessons From a College Student: Finding Your Fit on Campus”, The New York Times, 24 JANUARY 2013
- “Dozens of MBA Applicants Tossed Over Plagiarism”, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 07 FEBRUARY 2013
- “Why Can Some Kids Handle Pressure While Others Fall Apart?”, The New York Times, 06 FEBRUARY 2013
- “Number of Applicants to BU Class of 2017 Sets Record”, Bostonia, FEBRUARY 2013
- “Why not to cheat in asking for financial aid”, MoneyWatch, 22 JANUARY 2013
- “Can This Teen Win a Sports Scholarship?”, Lynn’s Blog, 23 JANUARY 2013
- “How to Choose a College”, The New York Times, 05 JANUARY 2013
2012
- “New college application questions encourage creative thinking”, Los Angeles Times, 19 DECEMBER 2012
- “British Students Find Advantages at U.S. Schools”, The New York Times, 7 DECEMBER 2012
- “A Key Factor in the College Search: Your Learning Style”, The New York Times, 19 NOVEMBER 2012
- “International Exchange Increasing”, Inside Higher Ed, 12 NOVEMBER 2012
- “How to Avoid Bonfire of the Vanities”, The Wall Street Journal, 24 October 2012
- Financial Aid for International Students: It Does Exist!”, College Money Insider, 01 FEBRUARY 2012
- ” Login with Facebook to see what your friends are reading: Enable Social Reading,” Huffington Post Blog, 18 OCTOBER 2012
- “Former Professor Accused of Swindling Harvard Hopefuls”, Harvard Crimson, 11 OCTOBER 2012
- “What College Admission Officers Don’t Like Seeing On Facebook: Vulgarity, Drinking Photos & ‘Illegal Activities”, Forbes, 12 OCTOBER 2012
- “Breaking Down US News & World Report’s College Rankings”, NACAC’s Counselor’s Corner, 28 SEPTEMBER 2012
- “Follow a Career Passion? Let it Follow You”, The New York Times, 29 SEPTEMBER 2012
- “Former Professor Accused of Swindling Harvard Hopefuls”, “The Harvard Crimson”, 11 OCTOBER 2012
- “Gap Year: The Growing Appeal of Not Going Right to College”, Time Moneyland, 05 OCTOBER 2012
- “Putting the SAT in Its Place”, The Los Angeles Times, 26 SEPTEMBER 2012
- “US Colleges Name Their Own ‘Peer Institutions’, Rank Themselves”, The Airspace, 14 SEPTEMBER 2012
- “Dear Class of 2016: Get Moving on Your Future”, The Wall Street Journal, 28 AUGUST 2012
- “How Not to Blow It with Financial Aid”, The Wall Street Journal, 09 SEPTEMBER 2012
- “A Word of Caution about College Rankings”, Huffington Post, 15 AUGUST 2012
- “Just the Facts: Colleges with the Highest Freshman Retention Rate”, examiner.com, 14 AUGUST 2012
- “Raising Successful Children”, “New York Times”, 4 AUGUST 2012
- “How to Raise a Child”, New York Times, 27 JULY 2012
- “Help for the Not So Needy”, The New York Times, 17 JULY 2012
- “12 creative ways teen entrepreneurs can serve their communities”, examiner.com, 25 JUNE 2012
- “Admissions 101; What Are the New Hidden Gems for Summer College Visits?”, The Washington Post, 19 JUNE 2012
- “College Rankings Inflation: Don’t Be Dazzled by Faux Prestige”, Education Week, 13 JUNE 2012
- “Commentary: Too Many Applications May Be a Crapshoot”, The New York Times, 21 JUNE 2012
- “Applying Oneselft to Writing a Memorable, Orginal College Admission Essay”, Detroit Free Press, 17 JUNE 2012
- “The Buddha as College Admissions Officer”, Huff Post, 13 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ 2012
- “Light Truth and Whatever:, The New York Times Sunday Book Review, 8 JUNE 2012
- “Test for Future Financiers”, Inside Higher Ed, 01 JUNE 2012
- “Yale’s Singapore Joint Venture Taps a President”, Wall Street Journal, 30 MAY 2012
- “Do Colleges Court Those Least in Need of Education”, The Washington Post, 25 APRIL 2012
- “What ‘Academic Fit’ Really Means”, CharlotteObserver.com, 22 MAY 2012
- “Financial Aid for International Students: It Does Exist!”, College Money Insider, 01 FEBRUARY 2012
- “How Competition is Killing Higher Education”, Bloomberg, 18 MAY 2012
- “There is Still Time to Plan Your Teen’s Summer”, Teen Life Blog, 02 MAY 2012
- “USC Honors College is No. 1”, The State, 31 MARCH 2012
- “How to Talk to Little Boys”, Huff Post Parents, 03 MAY 2012
- “DHS Announces Expanded List of STEM Degree Programs”, Homeland Security: Study in the States, 11 ΜΑΙΟΥ 2012
- “Slow Jam The Student Loan News with Barack Obama””, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, April 2012
- “From College Major to Career”, The Wall Street Journal, ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟ 2012
- “Wealth or Waste? Rethinking the Value of a Business Major”, The Wall Street Journal, 05 APRIL 2012
- “Are College Counselors Really Necessary?”, HuffPost Detroit, 19 APRIL 2012
- “Now That You Have Been Accepted; How to Choose Your University”, The Huffington Post, 08 APRIL 2012
- “College’s Tough Waiting Game”, The Wall Street Journal, 10 APRIL 2012
- “Admissions Office looks for signs of senioritis”, The Daily Pennsylvanian, 28 MARCH 2012
- “Worried About College Decisions? Take a Lesson From Sara “, Huffpost, 27 MARCH 2012
- “How They Really Get In”, Inside Higher Ed, 09 APRIL 2012
- “6 Tips About College Admissions Results”, The New York Times, 30 March 2012
- “Graduate School Is a Means to a Job”, The Chronicle of Higher Education”, 27 MARCH 2012
- “Top Tier Colleges Get Record Applications, Increase Selectivity”, Education Week, 05 APRIL 2012
- “SAT and ACT to Tighten Rules After Cheating Scandal”, The New York Times, 27 MARCH 2012
- “Best Undergraduate Business Schools 2012”, BloombergBusinessWeek, 20 MARCH 2012
- “Nine Ways to Cut the Cost of College Visits”, Fox Business, 21 MARCH 2012
- “Taking Charge of College Admission Stress: How Parents Can Keep Their Kids (and Themselves) on Track”, Huff Post, 19 MARCH 2012
- “What’s Missing From This Financial Aid Letter?”, The College Solution Blog, 8 MARCH 2012
- “While Tuition Revenue Climbs, Discounts Do Too, Moody’s Says”, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 04 JANUARY 2012
- “Olin’s College Application Process Stresses Teamwork”, The Boston Globe, 04MARCH 2012
- “10 Colleges That Offer International Students Most Financial Aid”, US News Education, 21 FEBRUARY 2012
- “Calculator shopping, the night before the SAT”, The Washington Post, 8 FEBRUARY 2012
- “Some Scholarship Sponsors Review the Online Presence of Finalists When Selecting Winners”, fastweb!, 24 FEBRUARY 2012
- “What College Students Need to Know”, The New York Times, 19 FEBRUARY 2012
- “For ambitious students, giving it the ol’ college try has become more cutthroat”, The Dallas Morning News, 25 JANUARY 2012
- “When Hollywood Hits Campus”, Inside Higher Ed, 8 FEBRUARY 2012
- “Women’s Colleges”, Higher Education Today, 27 JANUARY 2012
- “Inflated SAT Scores Reveal ‘Elasticity of Admissions Data'”, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1 FEBRUARY 2012
- “What the Monster Wrote: How Will the College Board Grade a Well-Written Endorsement of Evil?”, HuffPost Education, 1 FEBRUARY 2012
- “So Who Is Good Enough to Get Into Cambridge?”, The Guardian, 10 JANUARY 2012
- “What You (Really) Need To Know”, The New York Times, 20 JANUARY 2012
- “The College Aid Shuffle”, The Wall Street Journal, 21 JANUARY 2012
- “MTV’s Latest Facebook App is About Scholarships, Not Snooki”, The New York Times, 18 JANUARY 2012
- “UC applications up 13 pct. after admissions change”, SF Gate, 12 JANUARY 2012
- “Applications to Top Universities Retreat Amid ‘Impossible’ Odds”, Bloomberg, 19 JANUARY 2012
- “As a Broader Group Seeks Early Admission, Rejections Rise in the East”, The New York Times, 13 January 2012
- “College Admissions: 6 Biggest Lies in College Admissions”, GOLOCAL Prov, 9 JANUARY 2012
- “Tips on American College Admissions Essay, from a Veteran College Dean”, The New York Times, 11 JANUARY 2012
- “Physicist Seek to Lose the Lecture as Teaching Tool”, National Public Radio, 01JANUARY 2012
- “Why A Teen Who Talks Back May Have a Bright Future”, National Public Radio, 03 JANUARY 2012
2011
- “3-year college degrees not catching on”, The Washington Post, 15 June 2011
- “Where is the Best Place to Invest $102,000 — In Stocks, Bonds, or a College Degree?”, Brookings, 25 JUNE 2011
- “How to Trick Out a Dungeon-Like Dorm Room”, Mint Life, 19 AUGUST 2011
- “View School Rankings with a Grain of Salt”, timesunion.com, 15 SEPTEMBER 2011
- “The Order of Things”, The New Yorker, 14 FEBRUARY 2011
- “Take 2: About the Perfect Score Project”, Perfect Score Project Blog, 30 DECEMBER 2011
- “No, It Doesn’t Matter What You Majored In”, The Boston Globe, 24 DECEMBER 2011
- “Why We Have Colleges”, The New Yorker, 06 JUNE 2011
- “The Race for Prestige Drives College Costs”, Forbes, 10 OCTOBER 2011
- “College Admissions: 4 Honor Programs that Rival the Ivies”, GoLocalProv, 30 MAY 2011
- “Top Holiday Videos for 2011”, examiner.com, 23 DECEMBER 2011
- “College Early Admission Is Tougher Than Ever”, The Daily Beast, 19 DECEMBER 2011
- “Jobs Rated 2011: Ranking 200 Jobs From Best to Worst”, Career Cast, DECEMBER 2011
- “Do College Admissions Officers Care About Community Service”, The Huffington Post, 12 DECEMBER 2011
- “Early Applications Flood Harvard”, The New York Times, 21 NOVEMBER 2011
- “What Are Some Dos and Don’ts for College Admissions Essays”, US News & World Report, 02 DECEMBER 2011
- “Protecting Friendships During the College Admissions Process”, The New York Times, 9 DECEMBER 2011
- “A reminder for alumni interviewers”, examiner.com, 19 NOVEMBER 2011
- “College Counselor: Choosing a High School”, insideschools.org, 29 NOVEMBER 2011
- “How About Better Parents?”, The New York Times, 19 NOVEMBER 2011
- “Why Do Top Schools Still Take Legacy Applicants?”, The New York Times, 13 NOVEMBER 2011
- “Part I: Answers to Your Questions on Scholarships and Student Loans”, The New York Times, 14 NOVEMBER 2011
- “What to consider when arranging to have recommendations sent electronically”, examiner.com, 16 NOVEMBER 2011
- “America’s Coolest Schools”, sierraclub.org, SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2011
- “Yes You Can Make Changes to Your Electronic Application”, examiner.com, 05 NOVEMBER 2011
- “20 Very Scary Online Application Mistakes to Avoid at All Costs”, examiner.com, 29 OCTOBER 2100
- “College Application Essay as Haiku? For Some, 500 Words Aren’t Enough”, The New York Times, 28 OCTOBER 2011
- “‘Score Choice’ Continues to Cause Headaches for College Applicants”, Examiner.com, 24 OCTOBER 2011
- “Toughest Exam Question: What is the Best Way to Study?”, The Wall Street Journal, 26 OCTOBER 2011
- “How to Pick a Major on College Applications, Student Advisor, 11 OCTOBER 2011
- “The Real Cost of Applying to College”, Bloomberg, 05 OCTOBER 2011
- “Super People”, The New York Times, 01 OCTOBER 2011
- “More College Officials Learn About Applicants from Facebook”, USA TODAY, 22 SEPTEMBER 2011
- “Very Much Worth Reading: Washington Monthly, The Atlantic, 29 AUGUST 2011
- “The Choice: Part 1: Answers to Your Back-to-School Admissions Questions”, The New York Times, 12 SEPTEMBER 2011
- “Colleges with High 4-Year Graduation Rates”, The Examiner, 13 AUGUST 2011
- “University of California enrolls more out-of-state freshmen”, Los Angeles Times, 1 JULY 2011
- “Even for Cashiers, College Pays Off”, The New York Times, 25 JUNE 2011
- “How to Land Your Kid in Therapy”, The Atlantic, JULY/AUGUST 2011
- “Bad Job Market: Why the Market is Always Wrong About the Value of a College Degree”, The New Republic, 9 JUNE 2011
- “Colleges Adapt to New Kinds of Students From Abroad”, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 29 MAY 2011
- “Live and Learn: Why We Have College”, The New Yorker, by Louis Menand, 6 JUNE 2011
- “Shakespeare Responds to ‘Slight” from Georgetown Scholar”, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 26 MAY 2011
- “Major Decisions”, Inside Higher Ed, 24 MAY 2011
- “College Admissions: 8 Summer Programs with a Career Focus”, GoLocalProv/College Admissions, SPRING 2011
- “More non-Californians are offered freshman slots at UC schools”, Los Angeles Times, SPRING 2011
- “Ice Announces Expanded List of STEM Degree Programs which Qualifies Eligible Graduates to Extend Their Post-Graduate Training”, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 12 MAY 2011
- “The Myth of the Starving Artist”, Inside Higher ED, 5 MAY 2011
- “How Speaking “Klingon”, Duck Calling and Helping Santa Can Subsidize a College Education”, PR Newswire, 11 APRIL 2011
- “The College Decision From The Professors’ Perspective”, NY Times, 18 APRIL 2011
- “F-Bombs and ‘Jorts’: 9 Craziest College Rejection Reasons”, The Daily Beast, SPRING 2011
- “Great Essays!”, University of Georgia Admissions Blog, SPRING 2011
- “10 College Admissions Trends”, The Daily Beast, 30 MARCH 2011
- “From School to Campus”, Athens Insider, 9 MARCH 2011
2010
- “When Should You Apply Early”, examiner.com, 20 OCTOBER 2010
2009
- “Helping your student make a successful transition to college”, examiner.com, 26 AUGUST 2009
- “Advice for soon-to-be college freshmen”, examiner.com, 27 MAY 2009