The Inside Scoop on Campus Life

By LAURA RANDALL AND KIMETRIS N. BALTRIP

Published: January 18, 2004


"Students Helping Students"

Following the axiom "it takes one to know one," two recent Wesleyan graduates, Nataly Kogan and Avi Spivack, started the "Students Helping Students" series last year. "The whole angle is students sharing their learning and personal experiences," Ms. Kogan says. "The best advice I have ever heard is from other students." The publisher, Natavi Guides (named for the college sweethearts, who have since married), hires students and new graduates to conduct campus interviews. These are the kinds of guides a guidance counselor might love, with a mentor's nurturing tone. Among the 11 titles: "Leaping From a Public High to a Top U.," "Conquering Your Undergraduate Thesis" and ind Your Passion."

On singing at Northwestern University: "There is nothing quite like the feeling of being an a cappella superstar and receiving the privilege of being waved at, screamed at or chased while walking across your college campus to class."


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