This week we welcome Associate Director for Guest Experience, Andrew Cohen, to the blog. Welcome, Andrew! Over the summer I made a very big life change – I moved almost 900 miles away from the place I call home. I was born and raised in Central New Jersey, attended college in upstate New York, and […]
Change the Question, Turn the Table.
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared in October 2015. “We thought we had all the answers/It was the questions we had wrong” U2, 11 O’clock Tick Tock My 4-year old daughter is very shy, but quite cute. I know I’m biased but honestly, she’s pretty darn cute. When we go out to eat or play on […]
The Coach’s Guide to College Admission
Listen to the audio version here! A few months ago I wrote about no longer coaching my son’s soccer team. This fall I have moved on from that 9 year-old boys’ team to my daughter’s 7 year-old squad. Let’s just say it’s been… a transition. The 9 year-olds, especially in those last few seasons, had […]
The Three T’s
A few weeks ago, my wife called me at work around 2 p.m. This is not typical. “Hey, what’s up?” I answered. “Walter (our neighbor) is walking around his house with a clipboard,” she said. “Weird.” Not catching my sarcasm, she replied, “I know, right? Do you think they’re moving?” “I don’t know. Maybe he […]
Ask Good Questions
In the world of college admission there is always debate about the “best school” in the nation. As quickly as someone holds up Stanford or Harvard, someone else will poke holes in the methodology, or challenge that they may not be tops for every major, and so on and so forth. There are so many varying “sources” […]