Blog: College Search

Many families begin their college search with traditional college visits that include campus tours, information sessions, and a quick stroll around the neighborhood. These visits provide a useful introduction. They answer important questions and introduce students to the college communities. Yet for students trying to imagine their day-to-day life, they often need more personalized, engaging experiences to truly understand whether a college may be the right fit.

College Visits for Sophomore Students The path to college is filled with excitement, anxiety, decisions, and hopes for the future. Yet, while many...

When we first set out to visit colleges with our daughter fifteen years ago, I’ll admit that some of those first visits were unorganized, rushed, and unproductive. That changed eleven years ago. That’s when we started Custom College Visits and built a process that has been proven over and over to ensure families that their investment in their teen’s college experience will be based on a solid foundation.

Campus Safety 2026 Colleges have expanded emergency notification systems In the years since the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007, most colleges and...

Not every email needs to be critiqued, and not every email, text or marketing piece gives hints of what a college admissions officer is looking for, but if you don’t read them you’ll never know.

In order for a foreign-national to come to the United States a visa is required. This may be an immigrant visa or a non-immigrant visa for a temporary stay. Although the children of certain non-immigrant visa holders (E-1/2, L-1, H-1 etc.) may attend school or college in the United States, they are generally only permitted to remain in the U.S. as dependents until they reach the age of 21.