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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
Value of college degree overcomes sticker shock
McCook Daily Gazette, Nebraska - May 31, 2006
Two out of three undergraduate students are going into debt to go to college, and owe an average of more than $19,000 -- most of it to the government -- after graduation...
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Tomorrow's high schools likely to resemble today's colleges
Arizona Republic, AZ - Jun 1, 2006
American high schools are on the brink of changes that could make them nearly unrecognizable to students who just got their diplomas. Gone may be the large campuses teeming with kids and the classmates of similar age on similar schedules that have them all graduating together.
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More women graduate. Why?
USA Today - May 29, 2006
With their black gowns, square-top caps and wide smiles, the 800 seniors who graduated this month from Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts appeared to be a perfect slice of America. Not quite: A lot more of the graduates were women than men....
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Competition fierce for admission to top schools
Pennsylvania Northeast Business Journal, PA - May 30, 2006
A series of challenges face high school students striving for college admission, particularly for those wishing to enter one of the nation's most prestigious schools.
Many complex variables, including market forces, parental guidance and the right match between student and
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
High school students get a jump on college
Scripps Howard News Service, DC - May 31, 2006
About 5 percent will finish high school with some college credit because of their participation in "dual enrollment" programs. In ...
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How to Find a Great Arts College
Washington Post, United States - May 30, 2006
As an amateur college admissions adviser, imposing my views on friends, relatives and unfortunate strangers in airports, I can speak with great confidence ...
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What Really Counts in Getting In
Inside Higher Ed, DC - May 31, 2006
Do you want your daughter to get into Harvard? Get yourself to an art museum. But if your daughter doesn't want to go, don't worry about it. That's because there is a correlation between parents who visit art museums having their children end up at highly competitive colleges. There's no correlation between visiting art museums and ending up at a top college yourself...
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Top students enjoy playing the recruiting game
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - May 31, 2006
Jenn Lias' first choice was the University of North Carolina, her parents' alma mater. Penn State was a backup.
Then the Upper St. Clair senior got a call from University of South Carolina President Andrew Sorensen.
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College pitch is starting early: middle school
Deseret News, UT - May 27, 2006
Utah higher education leaders are peddling their wares to students, making a sales pitch to get middle school students to listen up and commit to college.
Richard E. Kendell ...
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SAT/ACT
More time for SATs a concern
Boston Globe, United States - Jun 1, 2006
A Wayland High School guidance counselor has questioned the unusually high number of suburban students who receive extra time on the SAT college entrance exam because they have a learning disability, warning that some may not be truly disabled...
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SAT prep sites get mixed grades
eSchool News, MD - May 31, 2006
Results just now released from a study of 10 online test-prep services conducted last year by a division of the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports found that the quality of these online services varied widely and was not tied to cost. ...
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Tech Problems
Technology leaves teens speechless
USA Today - May 29, 2006
To be sure, the monthly bills as high as $300 were a problem.
But there were other, audible consequences of the fact that Alexandra Smith would pound out more than 1,000 text messages from her Razr cellphone a month...
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Northeast News
Schools find fix for 'senioritis'
Cape Cod Times, MA - May 29, 2006
Judd Burman rebuilt a 1977 Austin Mini Cooper. Maddie Archambeault marketed her own brand of brownies to local stores. And Tom Prendergast promoted a benefit concert, raising $4,600 for a classmate battling cancer...
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New tax deduction is welcome news
Connecticut Post, CT - May 31, 2006
With every passing year, the cost of obtaining a college education — especially here in Connecticut — soars higher and higher. ...
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Next Generation Initiative
WCAX, VT - May 31, 2006
Vermont high school students will now receive a financial incentive to stay in state after college. Governor Jim Douglas, R-Vermont, signed "the next generation initiative" into law this morning...
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Parents
Parenting Pearls-June 1, 2006
Lambertville Beacon, NJ - May 31, 2006
One morning last April, the same time of year high school seniors were heading back from colleges, a segment about the increasing number of outstanding students that had been rejected or put on waiting lists by colleges was scheduled for "The Today Show."
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Confusion compounds college costs
North County Times, CA - May 26, 2006
Each spring high school seniors hoping for admission to a highly selective ... Parents of the winners of the college admissions game often have mixed feelings ...
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Dropouts to College
CAN'T COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL? GO RIGHT TO COLLEGE
National Center for Policy Analysis, TX - May 31, 2006
Many colleges -- public and private, two-year and four-year -- will accept students who have not graduated from high school or earned equivalency degrees, says ...
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More high school dropouts head for college
United Press International - May 29, 2006
NEW YORK, May 29 (UPI) -- A growing number of US students who have dropped out of high school or failed to graduate are going to college without a high school ...
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Paying for College
How to save thousands on student loans
CNN International - May 30, 2006
Loan rates will climb nearly 2 percentage points come July. So it may pay to consolidate now. By Jeanne Sahadi, CNNMoney.com senior writer. ...
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Summer Jobs and College
Teens swarm to summer jobs
Huntington Herald Dispatch, WV - May 31, 2006
... "With competition for college admission so high, summer is the best time to get a leap on college preparedness," said Kelly Tanabe, co-author of "1001 Ways to Pay for College," which has chapters devoted to students finding employment and internships. "In other words, if you aren't doing something that will enhance you academically or professionally during the summer, you're pretty much behind. Colleges want to see that you are productive during summer, and students recognize this."
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