Tag Archives: The College Solution

My College Blog’s New Look!

on March 22, 2011 in Featured, Other

If you’ve visited my college blog in the past, you probably did a double take today. Yes, The College Solution looks dramatically different. And all I can say to that is THANK GOODNESS! I had grown sick of the old look last year, but it required a lot of work before the launch day for […]

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The College Solution is Back!

on January 7, 2011 in Uncategorized

After being knocked out for about 30 hours, my college blog is back online! I still am not sure what happened, but the host shut down my site after discovering what it termed “excessive activity.” This activity wasn’t coming from me. Someone might have been trying to break into my blog via WordPress and the […]

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A New Look for The College Solution Is Coming

on November 25, 2010 in Academics, Admissions, Money, Other

Before I head into my sister’s kitchen in Pleasanton, CA, to start cooking the Thanksgiving feast and making a terrible mess, I wanted to share some news about my blog. On this day of thanks, I am happy that my college blog has continued to grow in popularity this year.  I want to thank all […]

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Get The College Solution for Free

on August 7, 2010 in Financial aid, Money

I just learned from my publisher that the Kindle edition of my book, The College Solution: A Guide for Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price, will be free next week. That’s right, The College Solution on the Kindle will be FREE from Aug. 9 to Aug. 14. Normally the Kindle version […]

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Research Universities: What You Need to Ask

on July 26, 2010 in California universities, Evaluating Schools, Liberal Arts Colleges, Research, Universities

In my last blog post I complained that too many high school students pick schools based primarily on size. And most of these students only want to look at schools that are large. Here is where I vented: My Pet Peeve: Picking Colleges by Size What’s more important, I argued, is a school’s mission. Today, […]

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How I Ended Up Writing Three College Blogs!

on June 15, 2010 in Admissions, College rankings, Parents, Research

How many college blogs is too many? I am sheepishly asking this question because I’ve just started writing for my third college blog. You can find my newest college blog at US News & World Report. My first post,  The 10 Best College Websites, went live on the site this afternoon. I launched my first […]

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