Alex What do you think some challenges are that parents are facing today with generating a good college list? I’m asking specifically about how the Pandemic has shaped this process.  Rana During the pandemic, things have been a little more...

Alex What’s a piece of advice that you would give a high school freshman as far as leading up to that meeting? What can they do throughout their sort of high school career to best prepare themselves for that meeting...

Alex I think the gap year programs are highly sort of underutilized. What do you think about the gap year program?  Rana I think the gap year program is right for a lot of kids. I think sometimes parents are...

Alex I’m joined today by Rana Slosberg. In addition to a Bachelor of Science degree in systems engineering from New York University, Rana has an independent educational consultant certificate from University of California, Irvine. She established her organization, Slosberg College...

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When Aiden’s mother called me, he was a wink away from failing out of Bucknell. It was mid-January and he still hadn’t completed his courses from fall semester. The professors had been extremely lenient, and when the administration got involved,...