We invite all parents to join us for a thoughtful conversation with our Director of College Counseling, Marisa Ferrara, and bestselling author Jeff Selingo, who will be joining us virtually from 8:30–9:45 AM to discuss his latest book, Dream School.
We’ll explore the key principles for getting the college search right:
- Break free from a Top 25 Mindset
- Know what you're looking for (or not looking for) in a college
- Find where you'll build relationships that last a lifetime (hint: belonging)
- Ensure your college investment will pay off
This event is free for everyone, so feel free to bring a friend.
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Jeff Selingo has written about colleges and universities for more than 25 years and is a New York Times bestselling author of four books. His latest, Dream School: Finding the College That’s Right for You (September 2025), draws on more than two years of research and a survey of some 3,000 parents to give families permission to think more broadly about what signals a “good” college and then the tools to discover their dream school. He is also the author of Who Gets In & Why: A Year Inside College Admissions, named one of the New York Times’s 100 Notable Books of the Year in 2020.
A regular contributor to The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, Jeff is a special advisor to the president and professor of practice at Arizona State University. He writes the biweekly newsletter Next and co-hosts the podcast Future U. He lives near Washington, D.C., with his family.
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