

Final Senior Decisions*
My last senior decided on his college today! The trend was obviously in favor of larger universities. Every one of these decisions has a...
lesscollegestress
May 2, 2021
Senior Decisions, Juniors Ready to Launch, Conference Follow-up, and College Speed Dating
After all the 2021 admissions stress, several of my seniors are now wrestling with too many good options! They may be on one or more...
lesscollegestress
Apr 25, 2021


Prestige...unmasked
Learning the definition of “prestige" on Jeopardy! really clicked for me. Going back to the original Latin praestrigae juggler’s...
lesscollegestress
Apr 18, 2021


MIT, University of Arizona, Colgate, Rutgers, University of Denver, Carnegie Mellon...and 30 more
This weekend, I completed a Character Collaborative course and am eager to use what I learned as a new tool to help my students craft...
lesscollegestress
Feb 7, 2021


Which Pennsylvania college offers strong pre-professional programs...and a top theatre program?
Of course there’s Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. But within just an hour or two from Philadelphia, New York, and Washington DC,...
lesscollegestress
Dec 23, 2020


UTampa: Top Nursing and More
5 things I learned about the University of Tampa this week: 1. 80% of the student body hails from outside Florida, with 14%...
Pamela Kwartler, M.A.
Feb 14, 2020


College News From Los Angeles
SIX COLLEGE VISITS, TEN-COLLEGE SPEED DATING, AND MUCH MORE- Much info to come about my college visits, so here are ten colleges'...
Pamela Kwartler, M.A.
Nov 18, 2018


Ithaca Checks Every Box
My visit to Ithaca College May 8th confirmed why it appears on so many students' lists. The Communications, Business, Humanities &...
Pamela Kwartler, M.A.
Jun 16, 2018


Union College-Truly Unique
Stop Two, Day One: Union College, a small liberal arts school on the green edge of urban Schenectady, NY, is beyond any category : you...
Pamela Kwartler, M.A.
Jun 3, 2018


The "Aura of the Orange"
I hadn't visited Syracuse in a while. It's popular with my students because of the "the aura of the Orange": the exciting social scene,...
Pamela Kwartler, M.A.
Jun 3, 2018


