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Top 10 Best College Websites

on June 19, 2010 in Academic quality, California universities, College Costs, Evaluating Schools, Financial aid, Ivy League, Liberal Arts Colleges, Money, Research, Student Loans, Universities

What are the best college websites in the country? I tried to answer that question earlier this week when I wrote my first college blog post for US News & World Report. In the post, I nominated my own favorite college websites which can be invaluable for finding colleges, researching schools, pinpointing the generosity of [...]

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College Search: 6 Ways to Find the Right College

on April 12, 2010 in Admissions, Evaluating Schools, Research

Where do you begin a college search? When you research colleges, you’re going to want to find schools that will provide your teenagers with an excellent education and get them out the door in four years. But how do you even start such a daunting college search? Scattered around my blog, I’ve written plenty about [...]

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Top 10 College Websites for Finding Great Schools

on January 11, 2010 in Academic quality, Academics, Admissions, California universities, College Costs, College rankings, Community colleges, Evaluating Schools, Financial aid, Ivy League, Liberal Arts Colleges, Money, Parents, Research, Scholarships, Universities

Want to research colleges, but not sure where to start? It’s no surprise. When I just typed “college” into Google, I got 634 million college websites. To make your job easier, I’m sharing wonderful websites that can help you assemble a great list of colleges. If you want to research specific colleges, here are my [...]

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Hunting for Great Colleges

on October 19, 2009 in Academic majors, Academic quality, Evaluating Schools, Liberal Arts Colleges, Universities

I subscribe to a list serve that is popular with high school and independent college counselors. I’m always amused when a counselor posts a plea for help in assembling a list of great colleges and universities for students who often possess eclectic taste. I’ve seen requests like this:  I am helping a student, who is [...]

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What's Up With Washington University?

on September 3, 2009 in College Costs, Evaluating Schools, Other, Universities

I got an email this morning from a women who had become frustrated after reading my blog post about the usefulness about the Common Data Set. As an example, I mentioned Washington University’s Common Data Set in the post and she tried tracking it down on the Internet. She couldn’t find it and neither could [...]

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Why You Should Check Out the College Navigator

on September 2, 2009 in Evaluating Schools, Financial aid, Other

All week I’ve been sharing great tools to research colleges. Today I want to feature the federal College Navigator. The College Navigator is a dull-looking website, but it contains incredible tools that tap into a vast college database that the U.S. Department of Education maintains. To illustrate what College Navigator can do, I’m using as [...]

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