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College Admissions - Larger Picture

Students will pay more for their loans
Indianapolis Star, United States - Jan 2, 2006
As part of an effort to cut federal spending, Congress has approved changes to the federal student loan program that will save the government $12.7 billion over five years. Student loans will become more expensive because: ...

Reaction mixed to cut to student loan program
Mount Vernon News, OH - Jan 3, 2006
MOUNT VERNON - The House of Representative's budget bill would slash over $14 billion dollars from student loan program. Part of an overall attempt on the part of Congress to cut $40 billion in spending, the bill awaits final approval. The reaction from student groups, politicians and lending institutions is mixed ...

Is college admission predictable?
North County Times, CA - Jan 4, 2006
Is it possible to predict which colleges present higher probabilities of admission for your student? Yes, but being realistic also helps...

College Admissions Process/Strategies

College hopefuls try to stand out from the pack
Fort Wayne News Sentinel, IN - Jan 1, 2006
Indiana's colleges and universities will receive more than 50,000 college applications this year, and some students look for creative - and sometimes wacky - ways to stand out from the crowd....

Community service enriches education experience
Port Huron Times Herald, MI - Jan 4, 2006
How does community service factor into the college-application process? It shows their willingness to extend themselves. Colleges are looking for diversification. With college admissions, they're looking for diversity in students, and that adds to the diversity. It's more of an advantage than not. I would recommend that they do have community service at some point in their high school career. ...

Writing your way into college
Los Angeles Times, CA - Dec 30, 2005
It's a dark month for high school seniors. College admissions deadlines lurk just after the holidays, and the essay could be the one chance students have to show something more memorable than test scores and band camp something to make them stand out from the pile. ...

College Admissions - Pressure and Stress

Activities adding pressure to college admissions
Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, IA - Jan 1, 2006
Anna Tabor (not her real name) crammed her high school years with so many activities that when she assembled a resume to send to colleges last fall, it was five pages long. Tabor's activities list included voice, piano and guitar lessons, dance classes, high school musicals, track meets, National Honor Society, Friday night tutoring and an assortment of church activities....

SAT and ACT

Find help with college entry exams online
Texarkana Gazette, TX - Jan 2, 2006
Help with college entrance exams is only a couple of key strokes away with the introduction of the Texas Online Preparation for College Admissions site. Through this , Texas middle-school and high-school students have free access to materials to help them prepare for college entrance exams. The site address is testprep.collegefortexans.com. ...

Private Counselors

The Bumpy Road To College Admissions
TheDay (subscription), CT - Jan 4, 2006
is startling to think that a lot of people make an investment of fifty or a hundred thousand dollars or more while seeking little or no expert advice on that investment. Who are these careless investors? They are moms and dads, sending their sons and daughters off to college ...

Northeast News

FAFSA Deadline Approaching For Student Aid
Turn to 10.com, RI - Jan 5, 2006
If you need money for college, you need to apply soon and the earlier the better, according to the Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Authority. The RIHEAA is the agency that runs the state grant and scholarship program and handles loans and the CollegeBound fund...

Community college training boosted by grants
Poughkeepsie Journal, NY - Jan 3, 2006
Health care workers, manufacturers and other small businesses in Dutchess County will get new training opportunities this year, with the help of three state grants. Dutchess Community College is the recipient of the grants, including $70,000 from Sen. Steve Saland, R-Poughkeepsie, and two grants totaling $67,500 from State University of New York Workforce Development funds...

Financial Aid

Students and Families Can Get Free Help Filling Out Financial Aid ...
PR Web (press release), WA - Jan 5, 2006
Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) January 4, 2006 -- College Goal SundaySM has helped thousands of students and families navigate the financial aid paperwork hurdle as they prepare for education beyond high school. In January and February 2006, the typical financial aid season, 25 states and the District of Columbia will set up multiple sites staffed by financial aid volunteers who will walk students and families line by line through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)....

Attention Students, Families: Time to Start Preparing Financial ...
U.S. Newswire (press release), DC - Jan 4, 2006
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With college tuition and enrollment costs on the rise in 2006, college-bound students and their families should be ready to submit their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as possible after Jan. 1 in order to secure much-needed federal aid....

Students have 'nothing to lose' applying for financial aid
Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL - Jan 5, 2006
.If you are attending college or even just thinking about it, here's an easy New Year's resolution: Apply for financial aid. All you need to do is gather your financial information and get to a computer. Go to http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/. Experts say it takes about an hour to fill out the 103-question form. ...

Decision Time

Educated decision
Asbury Park Press, NJ - Jan 4, 2006
If you've been accepted at more than one college or university, good for you. But, now comes the hard part - choosing which school you actually want to attend. Collegeboard.com offers suggestions to help you make up your mind. ...

AID LETS SMALLER COLLEGES ASK, WHY PAY FOR IVY LEAGUE RETAIL
Amherst Times.com, NY - Jan 1, 2006
Lindsey Mackney's choice of colleges came down to two very different places: Boston University, with its urban appeal and lively youth culture, or Allegheny College, a small, friendly liberal arts institution here in the rolling hills of northwest Pennsylvania...

College Marketing News

Colleges discover top recruiters may be old high school buddies
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription), GA - Jan 1, 2006
University of Chicago sophomore Zachary Binney cuts to the chase when he comes home to Chamblee Charter High to talk about his college experience. Chicago winters are harsh, Binney admits. The curriculum is challenging, he says...

Teens - Pressure and Stress

Dealing with depression in children
News-Leader.com, MO - Jan 3, 2006
COLUMBIA, S.C. Looking back now, she realizes that being in a ticky-tacky Tennessee vacation spot probably had nothing to do with her urge to self-destruct. Yet for Ansley Gasque-Carter, memories of Dollywood will always remind her of that day during a family outing when she turned to her mother and said, "I want to kill myself."...

Internet becoming new playground for bullies
Stockton Record, CA - Jan 2, 2006
His Internet profile says he is 17 and a student at a San Joaquin County high school. Dozens of friends have left messages on his personal Web site wishing him a Merry Christmas - but one posted a picture of a naked man...

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