Category Archives: community service

An Extra Year

Posted on March 3, 2017 by

The concept of taking an extra year during the course of one’s education is meeting with greater favor now than ever before.  Whether it comes as a repeat year when entering a competitive independent school, a postgraduate year of study, … Continue reading →

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Getting Started

Posted on December 14, 2016 by

GETTING STARTED: A Pre-College Plan for Junior High Families In simplest terms, the value of education is at least threefold: the acquisition of knowledge; the access it provides to higher levels of the socio-economic spectrum; and the cash value of … Continue reading →

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Getting Started

Posted on December 11, 2016 by

GETTING STARTED: A Primer for Anxious Parents and the College Bound STARTING EARLY Every year, throughout America, a new crop of college-bound high school seniors begins the final and sometimes traumatic lap that will, for most, end with graduation and … Continue reading →

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The Value of attending a Liberal Arts and Personal “Best-Fit” School – Bucknell University

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

I am one of the extremely fortunate people who can say with 100% confidence that I attended my “best-fit” school.  I knew from the moment I stepped on the Bucknell campus Freshman year, that this was the place for me.  I … Continue reading →

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VOLUNTEER TRIPS

Posted on August 29, 2012 by

“Fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindeness…” (Mark Twain) — Travel may be the single most efficient form of education.  At once, young people see, hear, smell, taste cultures different from our own and are forced out of their comfort zones. … Continue reading →

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