events

THUR SEPT 16, 7 pm
South Hunterdon Schools
Lambertville, NJ
School assembly & parent-kid meeting
(More details TBA)

TUE OCTOBER 5
Bergen County School Counselors
Association
Hackensack, NJ

SAT OCT 30, 1 pm
Washington College
Chestertown, MD
Workshop for families of h.s. students

Date TBA
Great Neck Public Library
Long Island
College admissions workshop

WED. JUNE 8, 2011, 8 pm
Stonehill College
Easton, Mass.
Keynote address, New England Association for College Admission Counseling

Check out the short promo video for my speeches: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS9FEpuWcec

Stay tuned for fall speaking schedule!

Recent appearances: Beverly Hills H.S. and San Marino Community Church (Calif); Foran H.S. (Milford, Conn.); Fairfield Warde H.S. (Conn); Manhasset H.S. (NY); Westchester-Putnam-Rockland Guidance Counselors Assoc...

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Acceptance Book

“A+” – Bloomberg News    “Absorbing” - Boston Globe

“Wonderfully enjoyable” – Publishers Weekly   “Inspiring”– BookPage

“Highly recommended” – Library Journal

“Money-back satisfaction guarantee!” – Dave Marcus

blog

  • Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 20:56

    The paperback of the book, out now, has practical pointers for college applicants.

    It also has Smitty's list of "40 Overlooked Gems" - colleges that more students should consider.

    Here's Smitty's comment on one of those colleges:

    p...
  • Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 22:28

    Some readers asked about my piece on the quadruplets from Long Island's Mele family. Here's my Newsday follow-up about the decision by the two girls and two boys to attend the same college:

    a href="http://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/...

  • Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 14:36

    Here’ an unusual look at the admissions process of a state university. It ran on Sunday March 6 in Newsday.
    (Access for most of our stories is limited to subscribers and Cablevision customers, but here’s the URL:
    a href="http://www....