Each year, as my high school juniors step onto the proverbial diving board and prepare to launch headfirst into their college admissions process, something invariably stops them from taking the […] Read more »
The road to college is a path primarily defined by its destination. While this destination may vary greatly from student to student, the larger objectives of gaining acceptance to a […] Read more »
Medicare is a federal program for people 65 or older – or under 65 who qualify on the basis of a disability – and you’re a U.S. citizen or legal […] Read more »
The Rockefeller State Park Preserve has never been more popular, its wide-open spaces offering fresh air and freedom during Covid’s constrictions. But the preserve, with over 60 miles of carriage roads to […] Read more »
For many of us, March marks almost a full year of online learning. While many schools have taken advantage of hybrid models, virtual instruction has largely remained an important but […] Read more »
Psychologists know that brain science teaches us about the most interesting elements of learning. Mistakes, for instance, will actually grow us in both conscious and unconscious ways. And as parents, we […] Read more »
Any guy who tells you Adam’s descendants are inherently superior to Eve’s is one of two things: drunk or delusional. Or both. C’mon, man. How much more proof do we need that it just ain’t the case. Brawn never has […] Read more »
If you’ve logged a decent number of miles, chances are “The Ugly American” is a familiar phrase. Derived from the title of a landmark 1950s bestseller about America’s misadventures in Southeast Asia, it soon […] Read more »
If in-person campus tours will be virtual rather than real for this year’s soon-to-be-rising seniors, how can students get a true sense of the schools of their choice? Colleges and […] Read more »
As a high school counselor here in Westchester County and owner of a college counseling business, I have been getting a lot of questions about what changes we will see […] Read more »
