Just back from meeting business leaders in New Jersey, and educators in Southampton, NY. Enjoyed listening to John Katzman, founder of the Princeton Review, who agrees that parents and applicants should calm down and enjoy the application process.

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  • 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:

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  • 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:
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