College Acceptance: Yaayy! Tuition: Not So Much.

The thunderous noise heard throughout the house was not due to the winds howling through bending palm trees during our recent storm, but to my overjoyed son jumping up and down screaming , “I'm gonna be a Boilermaker!!”after reading an acceptance e-mail which landed in his In box at 7:48 PM PST from Purdue University. […]

Separation Anxiety? Have A Lemon Drop

I finally went on a much needed Girls Night Out (#GNO for you Twitterers) with a few new delightful friends. …

Rob Franek’s “371 Best Colleges” hits San Diego

Warwick’s Bookstore in La Jolla, CA hosted  Senior Vice-President and Publisher Rob Franek, The Princeton Review’s author of  371 Best Colleges, 2010 Edition one of Franek’s most popular publications for the college-bound set. Alex Valle and author Rob Franek Parents and teens filled the store anxious to get advise on how to choose the right college and navigate the […]

SAT® Vocab Challenge App for iPod – Review and Book Giveaway!

“Grab your iPod and go study for the SAT!” I certainly never thought I’d hear myself say this to my college-bound teen since it’s usually the exact opposite coming out of my mouth during study time. Taking advantage of the widespread use of the iPhone and iPod Touch apps, a new vocabulary-building game could be […]

Can the iPod/iPhone help your college-bound student study for the SAT?

I'll be interviewing Rob Franek, author of  the Princeton Review's “Best 368 Colleges” about the soon-to-be-available SAT Vocab Challenge game from Apple’s App Store for iPhone and iPod touch, and I need your help …