We have all experienced a “little emergency”: misplacing or losing a cell phone, not finding important paperwork or being far from home and needing forgotten login information. When your teen is away at school some of their “little emergencies” can be frustrating for them and...
Last week my colleague Diane and I spent an afternoon visiting Occidental College, a small liberal arts college in Pasadena, CA that offers a diverse and wide variety of learning opportunities. It has been a while since I was last there, and I wanted to...
July 22, 2015 - TravelAge West "the trusted voice of the travel industry in the western U.S." featured Custom College Visits in a front page article. A campus tour has long been a precursor to enrolling in a university. It’s a chance for prospective students to...
College Fairs Summer 2016 Colleges That Change Lives (CTCL) is dedicated to the advancement and support of a student-centered college search process. CTCL works to dispel publicly held myths about college choice particularly the notion that college choices are severely limited to todays high school students...
Being a Stakeholder in Your Safety and Security We felt it was important to present this guest blog by Roger Aldrich Chief Communications Officer and Principal at The Center for Personal Protection & Safety about safety on college campuses. Please share with other parents and college-bound...
'Awesome' Recently, one of my students with whom I have been working over the past year, described his experience at Villanova University's Candidates Weekend as awesome. Although this is not always the case, it is all the more reason why students who are working to make...
Congratulations! Your child just got into his dream school! What a great feeling that is. Years of hard work have finally paid off for him. While families cheer for this moment of joy, many are also confronting the reality of how to fund college expenditures...
There has been much written lately about the 1% using private jets to visit three to four colleges in a day with their teen. No matter how you travel make sure you allow yourself enough time on each campus to fully experience the academics, lifestyle...
Many times your student's campus visit involves listening to an Information Session, then walking the campus with a student guide. After the tour many people leave campus and head to their next destination. We challenge you and your student to spend more time on campus. In my...
There is no formal definition of liberal arts college, but one American authority defines them as schools that "emphasize undergraduate education and award at least half of their degrees in the liberal arts fields of study."...