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This weekly email searches main media outlets finding stories that may be of interest to high school counselors, college admission officers and related organizations, with links to the original stories. It is published by de facto, inc., publishers of other e-newsletters.
College Admissions - Larger Picture
Many freshmen rethink their college choices
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Jan 30, 2006
After her parents dropped her off at Millersville University in the fall of 2004, freshman Katelyn Penrose settled into her dorm room, unpacked her things - and panicked.
"I realized I was stuck there," said the graduate of Springfield High School in Delaware County.
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Shortchanging smart seniors
News-Leader.com, MO - Jan 29, 2006
Dan Kim wants to be a doctor, and he wants the best training he can get.
With a 5.0 GPA, it is obvious the 17-year-old Kickapoo senior has met the challenges his coursework offered.
But has his school challenged him enough?
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Students facing harder times getting into college
The Olympian, WA - Jan 29, 2006
Admissions standards are shifting. Tuition costs have outpaced inflation. Students, parents and state agencies have tried to find ways to cope with the changes in higher education...
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Critics oppose more math for students not going to college
Ashland City Times, TN - Jan 30, 2006
Demanding four years of math for high school graduation and college admission may not add up for Tennessee students already struggling to meet standards, according to teachers and students worried about tougher math requirements under consideration...
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
Selling Yourself Humbly in the College Admissions Process
Gilroy Dispatch (subscription), CA - Jan 31, 2006
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
College applications are completed and mailed, but now the waiting period to hear the verdict begins. High school seniors can rejoice at the end of describing themselves in 200-word essays and explaining why "blank school" is the only one worth attending
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Plan all high school courses
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - Jan 31, 2006
Dear Teacher: My freshman daughter has just breezed through what I think is a very easy schedule this year. Next week, she is meeting with her counselor to choose classes for her sophomore year. How can I make sure that she is on track to get into college? -- Too Easy Schedule
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Web Tools
Web Helps Kids Plot Course
Miami Herald, FL - Jan 30, 2006
With the tap of a few keys, high school junior Zac Fleisher got some good news for next school year. "Are you serious?" he said. "All I need is two more credits to graduate."
His classmate at Western High in Davie, Marianne Sierocinski, was busy figuring out how her plans for the future compare with the paths recent Florida h
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Facebook becoming a college norm
Durham Herald Sun, NC - Jan 30, 2006
CHAPEL HILL -- Devin Rooney, a UNC freshman, says he logs onto facebook.com "all the time" to learn about campus happenings or his classmates. He isn't alone...
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Online college applications soar
Kansas City Star, MO - Jan 29, 2006
... Admissions officials at Johns Hopkins University expect more than ... Yale University and Middlebury College in Vermont ... of students who sought admission to colleges ...
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SAT and ACT
New SAT under review for changes COLLEGE COUNTDOWN kAREN MASON
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA - Jan 26, 2006
The latest controversy surrounding the new SAT stems from its length of three hours and 45 minutes. Many students and counselors think the addition of 45 minutes to the exam makes it an endurance test and therefore a less –than-accurate measure of students’ actual critical-thinking and problem-solving abilities ...
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Northeast News
Sterling College offering full-tuition scholarships
Tewksbury Advocate, MA - Feb 2, 2006
Vermont's Sterling College is currently accepting applications for the Environmental Steward Scholarships. Each fall two students will be awarded the scholarship to cover tuition expenses for four years of study. The scholarship criteria are based on the type and amount of environmental service and volunteer work completed and the level of commitment dedicated to these activities by the applicant.
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Connecticut College
Teen Ink - Jan 31, 2006
New London, CT: One doesn’t need to look farther than Connecticut College’s admissions booklet and web page to realize that this school offers an ...
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NH Democrats oppose cuts in federal student aid
Salem News, USA - Jan 31, 2006
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Democrats are making an eleventh-hour effort to pressure the state's Republican congressmen to vote against the $40 billion GOP budget-cutting plan in Washington this week.T heir main target yesterday was proposed cuts to federal student loan programs...
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Pressure & Stress
GREAT EXPECTATIONS: As academic pressures on children intensify ...
The Patriot Ledger, MA - Jan 30, 2006
Every Monday after school, J.J. Joyce and his sister Shannon spend an hour at the Pinnacle Learning Center in Norwell. They’ve been going there for private tutoring for about a year - J.J. for first-grade math, spelling and reading, Shannon for kindergarten-level phonics - and their mom, Kathy Joyce of Hingham, couldn’t be more pleased with the results ...
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Gap Year
College Can Wait
Hartford Courant, United States - Jan 29, 2006
Lucy Smith spent 45 minutes recently in the back of a truck with a lion whose tranquilizer was wearing off a little too quickly. Joel Agosto got back in the late fall from New Zealand, where he was helping to restore plants to their natural habitat deep in the rainforest ...
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Scholarships
Hitting a college chord
New York Daily News, NY - Jan 31, 2006
The right instrument can turn that C major scale into major cash in college.
Parents of children just beginning their musical careers can improve their child's chance of getting a scholarship by playing the supply and demand song...
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ABOUT COMMON KNOWLEDGE SCHOLARSHIPS
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - Jan 30, 2006
What: College scholarships awarded to winners of online quizzes on mostly everyday topics, from geography to NASCAR. Some focus ...
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Financial Aid
Financial aid's daunting maze
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - Jan 29, 2006
It's a familiar scene to parents of juniors and seniors in high school. The ever-chipper college recruiter (with the omnipresent Power Point presentation) pitches his or her school, backed by tearful alums reliving college days...
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Financial forms pose challenge
The Republican, MA - Jan 30, 2006
SPRINGFIELD - Diana Vuong, 17, a senior at Springfield Central High School, was among the students who attended the College Goal Sunday yesterday to get help filling out their federal financial aid forms...
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