lesscollegestress
May 2, 2021
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...
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lesscollegestress
Apr 25, 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...
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lesscollegestress
Apr 18, 2021
Prestige...unmasked
Learning the definition of “prestige" on Jeopardy! really clicked for me. Going back to the original Latin praestrigae juggler’s...
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lesscollegestress
Feb 7, 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...
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lesscollegestress
Dec 23, 2020
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,...
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Pamela Kwartler, M.A.
Feb 14, 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%...
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Pamela Kwartler, M.A.
Nov 19, 2018
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'...
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Pamela Kwartler, M.A.
Jun 16, 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 &...
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Pamela Kwartler, M.A.
Jun 3, 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...
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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,...
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