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College - Larger Picture
When State Universities Lose State Support
NY Times - Economix - Oct 4, 2009
The budget of the public higher education system of California has been slashed by over 20 percent, on top of previous cuts. Faculty and student protests kicked into place the first week of classes, reflecting enormous contention over the best way to respond...
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Class Advantage
Inside Higher Ed - Oct 2, 2009
Between 1955 and 2005, college enrollments increased to 17.5 million from 2.6 million -- and the percentage of high school graduates seeking some higher education increased to 70 percent from 45 percent...
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Prepaid College Savings Plans Might Not Cover All Costs
NY Times - Oct 4, 2009
In the last two decades, more than a million families around the country have invested in state funds that pledged to cover the cost of attending their state’s public colleges and universities, regardless of how much tuition increased...
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
Colleges Where Applying Early Action Helps
U.S. News & World Report - Oct 1, 2009
If you think you know which college you'd really like to attend but want to keep your options open just in case, the "early action" application route could be the path for you ...
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Early Decision Versus Early Action Admissions
Lansing State Journal - Oct 1, 2009
October is a busy month for high school seniors, especially those applying early for college admission next fall. Hundreds of colleges and universities welcome early applicants ...
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Student bloggers aid college admissions
United Press International - Oct 2, 2009
Students who want to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology can get an up-close look at campus life through student blogs, admissions officers say....
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College Prowler is now FREE
DC College Admissions Examiner - Sep 30, 2009
have some great news for fans of The College Prowler. For the first time ever, the entire collection of single-school guides is now available absolutely FREE of charge at www.collegeprowler.com. ...
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NACAC Conference
Essays
Solid Tips For Writing A Winning College Essay
SayCampusLife - Oct 4, 2009
The dreaded college admission essay goes hand in hand with the college application itself. The application can be challenging enough, but compared to the ...
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Parents
Attention parents:
Start early to prepare kids for college
Frederick News Post - Oct 1, 2009
One of the most notable changes to the admissions process is the year in which students start preparing for college admissions. The most competitive students are starting to prepare during their freshmen and sophomore years...
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SATs & ACTs
ON COLLEGE: SAT's Score Choice policy confusing and stressful
San Jose Mercury News - Oct 1, 2009
I am in the midst of applying to colleges, and I'm very confused and stressed about the SAT's Score Choice policy. I have heard that some schools still want to see all my scores while others will allow me to send only my best score. Can you clarify? ...
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Top SAT strategies: math
College Admissions Examiner - Oct 7, 2009
We've discussed it before: scoring well on the SAT has as much to do with your testing taking skills as it does your content skills. Knowing and applying key strategies can remarkably increase your score...
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The one week study guide for the SAT
College Admissions Examiner - Oct 7, 2009
Thousands of you are taking the SAT next Saturday. Here are three ideas for how best to spend your time getting ready:...
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Some colleges dropping SATs in admissions process
Worcester Telegram - Oct 5, 2009
Jill J. Coughlin's SAT scores suggested that she was just an average student. But the challenging Advanced Placement and honors courses she excelled in and her nearly perfect cumulative grade point average in high school, she felt, gave a truer picture of her academic abilities. ...
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College Visits and Fairs
The College Visit: 'Where Do You Fit in?'
ABC2 News - Oct 2, 2009
A student I mentored who was dead set on going to a particular college quickly changed her mind after a weekend visit to the campus with her family. Why? The students went home on weekends, the activities and organizations that she was looking for didn’t even exist on campus ...
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Get the most out of a college fair
Newsday - Oct 7, 2009
With so much information about colleges and universities available through a quick Internet search, today’s tech savvy kids sometimes wonder whether there’s any good reason to go to a college fair. Yes, there are plenty. Here’s what you can tell them...
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Get the most out of a college fair
DC College Prep Examiner - Oct 4, 2009
Does the food taste as good as it looks in the brochure? Can freshmen have cars on campus? What’s the average SAT score should an applicant have? All of these are good questions to ask a representative at a college fair ...
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Tight budgets put college visits on webcam
The Free Lance-Star - Oct 2, 2009
Nationwide, college admissions offices have reduced or eliminated out-of-state travel because of the economy. Virtual visits don't seem to have caught on ...
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Counselor's leg work aids college applicants
Lansing State Journal - Oct 4, 2009
"I was tired of talking about schools I hadn't visited," Josephson said. "I wanted to get a lot of questions answered. I wanted to get first-hand knowledge from the counselors at the schools, rather than getting information from their Web sites. I wanted to be able to put the students' concerns at ease." ...
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Northeast
Far Too Many Students See College As Out Of Reach
Hartford Courant - Oct 4, 2009
In Connecticut each year, there are more than 10,000 well-qualified, thoroughly prepared students who graduate from high school but do not go on to attend college. Their reasons vary, but a recent study suggests that many of them could be in college, if only they knew more about how to pursue a college education...
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NH ranks first in low-income college students
Boston Herald - Oct 3, 2009
DURHAM, N.H. — A monthly publication about access to higher education says New Hampshire leads the nation in terms of the percentage of students attending college from low income families....
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Mass. Hosts GLBT College Fair
Harvard Crimson - Sep 30, 2009
Harvard admissions officials joined counterparts from nearly 30 other colleges yesterday at a gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (GLBT) friendly college fair designed to encourage dialogue with prospective applicants about GLBT issues on campuses...
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R.I. to hike public college tuition by 9%
Providence Business News - Sep 30, 2009
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Board of Governors for Higher Education on Monday night voted to raise in-state tuition and fees at the state’s three public colleges by 8 to 10 percent for the school year that starts in September 2010....
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Teen Employment
Teen Dating Violence
Teen Dating Violence
The Epoch Times - Oct 7, 2009
It is difficult to say how common dating violence is among teens because different studies and surveys ask about it in different ways and get very different results....
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