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January 25, 2016
College of William and Mary

On the Road to College with Betsy Woolf – College of William & Mary

The second oldest school in the United States, the College of William & Mary is a “Public Ivy” located in Williamsburg, Virginia, a city known for the historic recreation of Colonial Williamsburg. This is a college of great […]
January 24, 2016

On the Road to College with Betsy Woolf – The University of Richmond

I could never have forgotten the beauty of the University of Richmond, a bucolic campus I first visited ten years ago. Emphasizing a foundation in the liberal arts, its new president, Ronald Crutcher, says that UR is a […]
October 22, 2015

Inside the Admissions Office – No. 8

The 8th annual Inside the Admissions program was a great success. Deans and directors from Case Western Reserve University, College of Charleston, Franklin & Marshall College, University of Chicago, University of Rochester and University of Virginia shared their […]
September 23, 2015

On the Road to College with Betsy Woolf – San Diego’s 3 Universities

*The last time I visited the University of San Diego, I toured a beautiful mission-style campus overlooking Mission Bay, and that has not changed. The emphasis is on the three Cs: collaboration, creativity and critical thinking in its […]
June 2, 2015

Betsy Woolf on CollegeXpress

Betsy is featured on CollegeXpress where she gives insight and advice on college consulting (with a little ‘fun stuff’ that will help you get to know her better). Read about it here
May 21, 2015

On the Road to College with Betsy Woolf – The University of Cambridge

Ah, Cambridge. It’s the quintessential charming English town, with rambling streets filled with quaint stores, restaurants, tea shops, taverns, even a canal, with most colleges clustered in and around central Cambridge. And of course, tourists. Like Oxford, Cambridge […]
May 19, 2015

On the Road to College with Betsy Woolf – The University of Oxford

My first view of the City of Oxford, after leaving the high speed train from London, was of the place where I would be staying during my visit, a former prison located in a medieval castle that had […]
March 18, 2015
University of Chicago

On the Road to College with Betsy Woolf – The University of Chicago

One of my most interesting academic classes occurred on the subject of writing at the University of Chicago on a visit in early March. It was a sample of the education at a college where students unabashedly proclaim […]
February 17, 2015

On the Road to College with Betsy Woolf – College of Charleston

The student/faculty ratio is 16 to one; there are no teaching assistants; and the largest class is probably no more than 120 students (Introduction to Biology and Introduction to Psychology, for example). With only 1500 graduate students, the […]
February 16, 2015
Guides to getting in

On the Road to College with Betsy Woolf – Lewis & Clark College

The address is Portland, Oregon, but the Lewis & Clark campus is a beautiful, rural enclave only 6 miles from downtown. Students do use the city (there is a school shuttle). The site of a former estate, the […]