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Shopping for College Freshman: Dorm & Apartment Essentials

By | Published July 10, 2024

Watch Out! Daughter Heading Off to College…A Historical Perspective

When our daughter was getting ready to leave home and begin her freshman year at Penn State, we created this list of resources and used it as our shopping list. This shopping expedition was so much fun! It was also pretty pricey. Lol. You’ll notice on Facebook or other Social Media that parents will begin taking and sharing photos over the summer of “that corner of the dining room” where all the college-stuff is piling up. It’s an EPIC day when that inventory gets loaded into the car…and you all drive away (from home) to begin the next chapter (for all of you). Continue Reading

Ryan, French Toast and NACAC’s National College Fair

By | Published October 5, 2016

So I texted my nephew on Sunday to see if he wanted to come over for breakfast…I was making French Toast, one of my specialties. Ryan said he couldn’t, and proudly announced that he was at NACAC’s Long Island National College Fair at Suffolk Community College, Brentwood, NY. Like any loving aunt who has written a book about the college selection and application processes (College Apps: Selecting, Applying to, and Paying for the Right College for You), I told him to make sure to get his barcode scanned! Continue Reading

Thank You POTUS for the #CollegeScorecard…but was it really necessary? Students and families need more guidance, more structure, but no more data, please!

By | Published September 21, 2015

Last week President Obama introduced the College Scorecard, an online tool for students and parents researching and selecting colleges. Reviews of the site and its data have been mixed, as discussed in Jordan Weissmann’s post “The Government Just Made it Much Easier to Tell Which Colleges Are a Waste of Money” where he appreciates the information on the earning power of schools’ graduates. His view directly contrasts with J. Randall O’Brien’s Huffington Post article “President Obama’s New College Scorecard Receives an “F” where the university president criticizes salary information as an indicator of a college’s worth as it may discourage liberal arts or service majors by focusing on the lower earning power of these graduates. Continue Reading

Welcome to Room 106…Your best resource for college planning guidance and strategies.

By | Published August 8, 2015

We are going to get started by introducing many of the resources you and your parents will use throughout the college planning phase of your junior and senior years. You will be sure to access some of these same resources while you are completing applications…even during your final, decision-making moments.

Best of Luck!