by Jason Lum, IECA Member (Minnesota) With yet another application season behind us, it’s important to reflect upon what is happening around the country. In working with students around the nation as an independent educational consultant (IEC), I continue to find sky-high anxiety afflicting many families when applying to colleges. Much of this is driven … Read more »
by Emily Snyder, Professional Member, Independent Educational Consultants Association (Virginia) With the media always focused on the high price of college consulting, I became reflective in a meeting this week where I was asked by Shirley Levin, a professional IECA colleague of mine who practices in Maryland, to talk with her and IECA’s CEO, Mark Sklarow, … Read more »
by Larry Blumenstyk, J.D., IECA (New Jersey) The Chronicle of Higher Education has released its initial publicly available version of its College Reality Check tool. Although I never tried to use the College Scorecard released by the White House, I have now used College Reality Check and would like to share my experience. Like many … Read more »
by Patricia W. Newhall M.A., M.S.Ed., Associate Director of the Landmark School Outreach Program Language-based learning disability (LBLD) refers to a spectrum of difficulties related to the understanding and use of spoken and written language. LBLD is a common cause of students’ academic struggles because weak language skills impede comprehension and communication, which are the … Read more »
by Eileen Antalek, Ed.D., IECA Member (Massachusetts) I had an interesting client referred to me by a fellow independent educational consultant (IEC) for an evaluation in an effort to secure her accommodations for the SAT and AP exams. A lovely girl, full of promise. The testing indicated pretty significant deficits in her processing and academic … Read more »
by Jeff Levy, IECA Member (CA) Most families know that if our children are to have a shot at a decent future, a college degree has never been more important. It’s also never been more expensive. Within this pressure cooker of college admission, there has been a lot of heated debate over whether colleges are adequately … Read more »
by Susan A. Eschenroeder, M.Ed., IECA Associate Member (Virginia) ‘Tis the season for College Nights! At a recent event for juniors and their parents, I joined admissions officers from Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Virginia, and William & Mary, who shared their wisdom and expertise about the college search and college visit; the essay; and … Read more »
by Joan Koven, CEP, IECA (Pennsylvania) Dusting my office and filling the candy jar this morning to get ready for a new junior intake meeting, I saw a large stack of spiral notebooks from a decade of IECA meetings. These notebooks chart my journey since 2003 to become an expert independent educational consultant (IEC). I … Read more »
by Sandra M. Moore, M.A., Associate Member, IECA (NY) As a former college admission director and a writer, I particularly enjoy working with my students as they conceptualize, create and revise (again and again and again) their college essays. Learning about students through their writing was always the favorite part of my folder-reading duties in my … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association Last Thursday at 11:30 a.m., I locked my cell phone. If that hardly sounds blog-worthy, bear with me. I had never before locked my phone, and needed to look up directions for how to implement my four-digit access code. Why…and why then? I had just finished listening to a … Read more »
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