Berkshire College Advising

07/01/2026

Looking for essay-only services? Here's an experienced writing coach ready to guide your young writer through the process.

03/16/2026

"The things that make us human will become much more important instead of much less important."

11/18/2025

There are a lot of reasons to like the University of Pittsburgh, one of the country's most interesting urban universities. And you can add this to the list.

Just in time for Halloween, the new Dietrich School center approaches the genre through an interdisciplinary and global lens. See some of the chilling materials.

09/10/2025

It’s always a treat to get an appreciative note from a client. Doubly so when they’re the first to attend one of your favorite colleges. Triply so when the note comes with a cool hat. I’m lucky to work with this age group.

03/04/2025

Admission decisions are coming out and it's a good time to remind ourselves that social media is most rewarding when it makes each of our individual electronic communities happy places to be. This is not a euphoric time for everyone--parents and students both. Hug your kid, order that hoodie, but remember the friend who is in a different place.

02/26/2025

As families prepare for late spring and summer college visits, it's worth coming into that process with a clear sense of how one should really "do" college once they get there. Some important thoughts here from Frank Bruni.

They’re privileged, pivotal years. Navigate them with as much care as you did the path that got you there.

01/21/2023

The Theranos of college financial aid. Buyer beware. Always.

Charlie Javice promised to simplify the college financial aid process. It was a compelling pitch. Especially, as now seems likely, to those with little firsthand knowledge of financial aid.

11/13/2022

College of Idaho, a regional liberal arts college with 925 students, has just landed it’s 8th Rhodes Scholar.

Not everyone gets to design their own path, paving a way to a career they will love. Yotes do. Learn how the PEAK curriculum empowers students to pursue their passions. All of them.

11/09/2022

Coming up—college fairs!

05/02/2022

My visit to left me very impressed.

In the current economic climate, small, regional, private colleges are under something akin to a death watch. Some are closing, a few slash their budgets, close academic departments and survive, if barely, by awarding mammoth tuition discounts. But a few come to terms with the unsustainability of re...