Growing up, I was always very much into technology (it was probably all the Star Trek reruns), and I made a living as an academic technology person at schools for 12 years. But I have long been skeptical of claims from tech companies, and so the rush to add so-called “AI” features in the past few […]
A Long-Awaited Return
Hello! It’s been six years since my last post, so I want to thank you for your patience if you’ve been waiting. While this blog has always been about topics generally related to college admissions, it had largely become a vehicle for me to write about visits to colleges, but I haven’t actually been to […]
“So You Don’t Have To”: A Visit to Northeastern University
In early April I was in Boston and took the time to visit Northeastern University. This was actually the second time I’ve toured Northeastern, the previous time being in the winter of 2008 (years before I started this blog), and I was interested to see what’s new at NU. I’ve been recommending Northeastern to students […]
