Some Undergrads Shave A Year Off College To Save
While educators debate the wisdom of three-year college degrees, some ambitious students are going ahead and finishing their coursework in three years anyhow as a way to save thousands of dollars in...
View ArticleArts Programs in Academia Are Forced to Nip Here, Adjust There
New York TimesAugust 9, 2009If you are looking for a sign of how strapped the University of California, Los Angeles, is for cash, consider that its arts and architecture school may resort to holding a...
View ArticleAdding Personality to the College Admissions Mix
Wall Street JournalAugust 19, 2009For years, colleges have asked applicants for their grade-point averages and standardized test scores.Now, schools like Boston College, DePaul University and Tufts...
View ArticleQuintessential Questions: Wake Forest’s Admission Director Gives Insight into...
August 18, 2009During the winter months in the Admissions Office, Fridays are dedicated to “Committee.” We gather with stacks of applications, discuss them, argue about them, eat lunch over them, plead...
View Article10 Things College Admissions Tests Don't Do
Smart Money Magazinepublished: September 9, 20091. "We don't measure what you think we do."IN 1926, THE College Board created the Scholastic Aptitude Test, or SAT, and standardized college-admissions...
View ArticleWhen Less Is More
Inside Higher EdSeptember 23, 2009For years now, applicants to highly competitive colleges have complained that they feel that they must do more and more to demonstrate why they should be admitted.This...
View ArticleOxford University Interview Questions: The Examples
Times OnlineOctober 8, 2009Subject: GeographyInterviewer: Lorraine Wild, St Hilda’s CollegeQ: If I were to visit the area where you live, what would I be interested in?Lorraine Wild: ‘The question...
View ArticleStudy Finds Growing Work for School Counselors
New York Times October 20, 2009The struggling economy has taken a toll on those directly responsible for advising students about the college admission process.Nearly half of public schools have raised...
View ArticleState Cuts Give Private Colleges an Edge
Los Angeles TimesNovember 16, 2009Some campuses are luring students away from UC and Cal State schools with grants and assurances.Thousands of other students might have jumped at the chance to attend...
View ArticleRegents Set to Raise Tuition in California by 32 Percent
New York TimesNovember 19, 2009The University of California Board of Regents was expected to approve a plan on Thursday to raise undergraduate fees — the equivalent of tuition — 32 percent by next...
View ArticleCollege Application Essays That Will Get You Accepted
November 23, 2009Writing college application essays can be intimidating for most aspiring applicants. College admissions can be competitive; it’s essential for students to find a way to stand out from...
View ArticleAt Many Colleges, Early Applications Rise
New York Times December 16, 2009This was the year when the frenzy to gain early admission to the nation’s most selective colleges seemed likely to subside, at least in part because a student admitted...
View ArticleRunning Tally on Some Colleges’ Early Admission Figures
December 16, 2009During the week of Dec. 14, The Choice http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/tally/ is keeping a running tally of some colleges’ figures on early applications, and acceptances, under...
View ArticleWhat Goes Into A Great College Essay
SELECTED AS "BEST ANSWER" ON LINKEDIN.COM!A great college essay, I suspect, is more than a good story. Which character attributes should shine through? Ability to work with others? Adaptability?...
View ArticleA Bumper Year for Applications to Top Colleges
The Philadelphia InquirerJanuary 31, 2010Getting into the University of Pennsylvania and other elite private schools in the area could be harder this fall, with applications coming in at record...
View ArticleUC Sleuths Seek Proof for Glorious Claims on Admission Applications
Mercury NewsJanuary 31,2010Did you donate the profits from your violin recital to support a homeless shelter? Were you part of a deer rescue squad during a major forest fire? Was that you who donated...
View ArticleTransitioning Into College Life
College Survival Tips•Don't overpack when you go to college and pack for the climate that you are in.•Remember that ironing can become tiring and is not the most exciting college activity. Dry cleaning...
View ArticleMore private colleges and universities cross the $50K mark for 2010-11...
March 23College Admissions Examiner Private colleges and universities are quietly announcing increases in tuition and fees crossing the $50,000 mark for the 2010-2011 academic year. Coupled with...
View ArticleWhat to Do When Colleges ACCEPT You
March 29, 2010By: Jeff Brenzel, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Yale University.The first week of April is just around the corner. For the past year, you have focused heavily on where to apply to...
View ArticleTips For The College Fair
A few things to remember while you browse the tables at a college fair:• Plan ahead. Meet with your guidance counselor prior to the college fair season. Often more than 300 colleges attend these fairs....
View Article5 Social Media Tools for College Students
US NEWS May 12, 2010 There's more to using social media tools than just quick updates and playful banter among friends. Sure, you can post pictures on Facebook, tell friends what you're doing via...
View ArticleHow NOT to Write a College Application Essay
July 1, 2010Washington PostI had lunch recently with two rising 12th-graders at the Potomac School in McLean. They are very bright students. They told me they had signed up for a course in...
View ArticleA Sample Of This Year's Essay Questions & More
- Could not resist sharing these thought provoking essay prompts just released by the University of Chicago for this season's prospective students - included are also some classic questions from...
View Article10 Tips on How to Write Less Badly
September 6, 2010Most academics, including administrators, spend much of our time writing. But we aren't as good at it as we should be. I have never understood why our trade values, but rarely teaches,...
View ArticleTeaching College Kids To Pilot Their Own Helicopter
The issue of how deeply involved parents of college students should be in their child’s campus life is a hot topic in higher education these days. As the fall term was beginning, media accounts...
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