Independent School Admissions Musings

We are to the point whereby the sound of airplane wheels touching down on terra firma is almost drown out by the deafening sound of Blackber...

A Charlie Brown Christmas was on television last week: what a classic! In watching it one can’t help but remember their childhood, the man...

The families who pay the full tuition at our schools make up the wealthiest citizens. NAIS places them around the top 3% income earners in ...

You pull up to the TABS hotel and you’re not too impressed. Walk into the lobby and still not impressed. The wait to check-in? Not impres...

Happy (American) Thanksgiving to everyone. This marks my 20th year working in admissions and as I think about all for which I have to be th...

I’m in South Africa visiting one of my dearest friends. He is just one of the “good guys”. I’ve seen him leap from his airplane seat to ta...

I write this from Lagos, Nigeria, where the traffic appears utterly insane, relegating rush hour in NYC or LA to the category of “civilized”...