You and your college-bound teen just spent a day (maybe more) traveling to the first stop on your week-long college road trip. You’ve settled into your hotel and are planning an early start so you can have a full day on campus. Your teen has...
Turning College Visits into Family Vacations Custom College Visits' Founder Janice Caine was interviewed by Elaine Glusac a writer for the New York Times. The published article appeared in the Travel Section of the Sunday paper on September 25, 2016. Janice was quoted extensively in the...
Is your teen starting or in the middle of their college search? Do you want to help them get a jump-start? Keep reading. Virtual Reality college tours are the next hottest thing. How do I know? Well, I see the signs. Go on Amazon and search...
Many families plan college road trips with their teen and everything goes fine. That said, many parents get overly stressed trying to plan a multi-day family road trip. With many tours for both family and clients under our belts, we thought we would share some...
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...
I highly recommend that your teen do some research on the alumni associations at the colleges that he or she is considering. How active are the alumni? How willing are they to talk to prospective, current and recently graduated students?...
If you would like to play sports at a D1, D2 or D3 college or university be sure you know all the rules! The NCAA has a great publication that is a must read for all high school Athletes. ...
There was a recent Huffington Post blog by a young man from New Jersey who had been "dragged along" on his older brother's college tours. We thought it was a great blog and that it brought to the surface many of the reasons why it...
The following is a guest blog submitted to us by Kendall College in Chicago. The post offers great advice to students planning to visit college campuses. What Questions Should Students Be Asking on College Visits? When I was a junior and senior in high school, I got...
Thursday September 26 was Mountain Day at my alma mater, Smith College. It is one of those long-standing traditions that students look forward to every fall. Toward the end of September, students wait for that early morning when they will hear the college bell ring,...