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College of the Week: University of Delaware

At the end of this week, I will be traveling to Delaware for my daughter's soccer tournament. It is a good time to explore colleges as well. I decided to do a little homework before we check out the University of Delaware. Located in the small city of Newark Delaware, The "Fiske's Guide to Colleges" describes the University of Delaware as a "public gem with a small town feel and the offerings of a big university". It's undergraduate enrollment is approximately 16,000 student

College of the Week: University of Delaware

Major of the Week: Landscape Architecture

Are you good at drawing and graphic expression yet prefer outdoor activities, trees and gardens, any out door space? Are you creative and have a high attention for details and great spacial thinking and analyzing skills? Do you have an interest in environmental concerns? If so, landscape architecture may be a field you would enjoy. Landscape architects explores contemporary issues related to the design, planning, and management of outdoor settings. In addition to studying ab

Major of the Week: Landscape Architecture

Major of the Week: Clinical / Medical Laboratory Technology

According to the College Board's Book of Majors, The Clinical/ Medical laboratory technology major is offered as both a two-year associate degree and a four year bachelors degree. In this major you are trained to perform laboratory tests such as hematology, blood banking, clinical chemistry, urinalysis, immunology and medical microbiology. Do you enjoy your science labs? Do you like hands on team work? Do you enjoy problem solving and puzzles, working with computers and tech

Major of the Week: Clinical / Medical Laboratory Technology

College of the Week: St. Michael's College

Founded in 1904, St. Michael's College is a small private catholic liberal arts college located in Colchester, Vt. just five minutes from Burlington. The college itself is small, around 2,000 undergraduate students, but the campus sits on 440 acres overlooking the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Winooski River. According to the Fiske's Guide to Colleges, St. Mike's offers a "plethora of solid programs" its strongest being sited as Biology, Chemistry, English, History, Re

College of the Week: St. Michael's College

College and the Student with Learning Differences

The snow on the east coast may have prohibited you from heading to work or school today. This isn't an issue for me as my plan was to participate in a live webinar on The Changing Role of Disabilities Documentation in Transitioning to College. College can be a reality for students with learning style differences but the transition to college may be more challenging for these students and for parents as well. If students have accommodations in high school, keep in mind there a

College of the Week

#collegevisits #collegerecruiting #college This past weekend I visited Loyola University Chicago's main Lake Shore Campus located on the shore of lake Michigan, which is the North side of Chicago. Loyola University of Chicago is a 450 year old, private research university in the Jesuit tradition. It boasts of offering over 80 college majors and more than 80 college minors. There are two campuses located in the beautiful city of Chicago. It's Lake Shore Campus is it's main re

College of the Week

College Tips for the Recruited Athlete

So I am a college consultant who does not specialize in college athletic recruiting per se although we are required to have knowledge in various aspects of the college application process and this is one of those areas. My own daughter is a high school junior who is very interested in playing sports at the collegiate level so I have been paying much more attention and have been more involved in this process. This past week I joined in a webinar by Harry Rosenholtz who is a sp

College Tips for the Recruited Athlete

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