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College Big Picture
The Pay Off Question
Washington Monthly - Apr 18, 2012
The justification people often use for higher tuition costs is that going to college “pays off” in terms of higher earnings....
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
How Colleges Really Make Admissions Decisions
TIME - Apr 12, 2012
Most colleges say they review applications holistically, taking into account a student’s grades, test scores, essays, recommendations and activities. But do they really?...
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Avoiding College Snake Oil Salesmen
College Solution Blog - Apr 16, 2012
For many years I was a financial journalist who wrote about such garden-variety investment topics as 401(k)’s, IRA’s, mutual funds, bonds and how investors can assemble a retirement portfolio that will last longer than they do. ...
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How to Prepare for a College Admission Essay
LiteracyNews.com - Apr 13, 2012
An admission essay is an important hurdle in the college application process. Good papers can get borderline applicants accepted, but bad ones can earn rejections for even the best applicants....
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Juniors – Begin Planning Your Summer Activities
My College Calendar - Apr 18, 2012
At this point in time, juniors should begin planning their summer activities. Summer activities should build student résumés and help make next fall’s college and scholarship applications look outstanding....
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Decisions
Students Offer College Selection Tips
US News & World Report - Apr 19, 2012
How will I ever decide?
That's the angst many high school students are facing this month as they struggle with college-admissions offers. While parents may have allowed students to process their options for a few weeks,...
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Countdown to May 1: Advice on Making the Final College Choice
Ed Week - Apr 17, 2012
How will I ever decide?
That's the angst many high school students are facing this month as they struggle with college-admissions offers. While parents may have allowed students to process their options for a few weeks,...
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Time to make the right college choice
NY College Admissions Examiner - Apr 17, 2012
Official college admissions decisions letters have all gone out and students now have a mere two weeks to make their decisions and send in those big checks. This is the time to reflect and analyze what really matters in order to make a wise choice....
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Tips to keep in mind when choosing a college
STLtoday - Apr 17, 2012
So you’ve done your research and applied to several colleges that offer the academic program you want and a campus environment where you think you’ll feel at home....
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Waitlisted
Why you should get off that wait list now
CBS MoneyWatch - Apr 17, 2012
(MoneyWatch) COMMENTARY I received an email recently from a teenager who desperately wants to attend the University of Notre Dame in the fall. There's just one problem: Her dream school has waitlisted her....
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The Secret Sauce of the College Waitlist
Huffington Post - Apr 13, 2012
Days before college admissions decisions were scheduled to be released, high school seniors refreshed their in-boxes on a minute-by-minute basis and kept their phones on even in movie theaters because they knew these decisions could arrive at any moment.....
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Rejected
Pain of college rejection reconsidered
Washington Post - Class Struggle - Apr 16, 2012
April is a scary month for high school seniors. They worry about their futures. In a region with probably a higher concentration of college anxiety than any other, the admissions process dumps on them disappointments that are hard to handle. ...
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High School Seniors
5 College Myths Debunked
Huffington Post - Apr 15, 2012
I always promised myself that I wouldn't be that senior who gets sentimental about graduating, but here I am reminiscing about what I've learned over the past four years. As I reflect on my experience, I am reminded of all the advice my parents and friends gave me before I went off to college ...
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Keeping senioritis at bay
College Admissions Examiner - Apr 16, 2012
It’s tempting. You’re already in. So, why bother with those end-of-the year projects and assignments, never mind finals? Your friends are partying, hanging out at the beach, sleeping in ...
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Senioritis
Huffington Post - Apr 16, 2012
In a little bit less than three weeks, almost every single current high school senior in America will have made a decision that will affect the entire course of the rest of their lives. May 1. College admissions deadline doomsday. ...
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SATs & ACTs
Best online resources for SAT prep
NY Test Prep Examiner - Apr 16, 2012
While it is certainly possible to prepare successfully for your SATs using books alone, why not take advantage of the additional resources online? Below are a few of the best. They are all free and really do supplement the best of the paper resources. ...
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Cheating forces test security
Charlotte Observer - Apr 16, 2012
You probably heard about the SAT cheating scandal on Long Island where 20 teenagers were arrested; five weresuspected test-takers and 15 accused of paying from $500 to $3,600 for someone else to take their standardized tests ...
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FinAid
Get your FREE guide to financial aid letters
DC College Admissions Examiner - Apr 17, 2012
As May 1st decision deadlines approach, more than one local parent will be spending the next couple of weeks puzzling over financial aid award letters from colleges to which their child was accepted...
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Counselors
|  HSCW Counselors' Corners
Post - Apr 19, 2012
Are College Counselors Really Necessary?
Admit it—at some point in your life, you didn’t really believe college counselors were all that important. After all, how hard could it be? You point the student towards a great online college search program, they plunk in their grades... More
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| New Facebook Effort Targets Educating School Counselors
US News & World Report - Apr 17, 2012
A new guide strives to help counselors better understand Facebook. With the fervent pace of social media and technology changes in today's society, a new guide is promoting a need for educators to be familiar with Facebook, the country's most popular social network...
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| College Consultants: Worth the Price Tag?
Fox Business - Apr 12, 2012
The college admissions process is never an easy one, but today, more parents are turning to professional consultants to help their children get into their top picks by providing help with everything from standardized testing to best practices for interviews.
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Parents
Gap Year
Gap Years: What Is A Gap Year Before College (And Should You Take One)?
Huffington Post - Apr 11, 2012
Do you get tired just thinking about another year of homework and exams? Are you ready for a new adventure -- but not the kind that involves buying books and late nights in the library? While your friends sit through lecture this fall, you could be promoting HIV/AIDS awareness in Vietnam ...
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Teens - Summer Jobs
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Teen Jobs Offer More Than Spare Cash, Expert Says
NPR.org - Apr 10, 2012
A quarter of U.S. teens between ages 16 and 19, who are looking for work, can't find it. Michael Saltsman of Employment Policies Institute says teen unemployment isn't just about buying pizza on Friday nights. . ...
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4 Tips for Helping Your Teen Land a Summer Job
US News & World Report - Apr 16, 2012
By April, many high school students are already longing for summer. Prom and final tests are mile markers along the homestretch of the school year, and they're also cues for teens to start searching for summer jobs. ...
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West
Assembly bill would punish those who bully online
San Jose Mercury News Examiner - Apr 17, 2012
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—State lawmakers trying to keep up with evolving trends in online bullying passed a bill Monday that would give schools broader authority to punish students who harass their classmates on social networking sites.....
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University of Calif. nonresident admissions soar
San Francisco Chronicle - Apr 18, 2012
The number of non-Californians accepted as freshmen to the state's premier public university has nearly doubled in just two years, the University of California reported Tuesday...
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California’s college mess
Salon - Apr 18, 2012
If increasing access to quality higher education is as crucial to U.S. economic growth as everybody seems to think it is, then two news item from California this week deliver a simple, straightforward message: We’re screwed...
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Teen Drinking
| Report: A Quarter of Teen Drinkers Get Alcohol From Family
US News & World Report - Apr 18, 2012
For Jan Withers, Monday marked a grim 20-year anniversary: the day her 15-year-old daughter, Alisa, rode in a car with a teenage driver who had been drinking. Alisa was killed after the driver crashed into a guard rail...
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 Big Pic
Proces/Strat
Decide
Wait List
Rejection
HS Seniors
SATs & ACTs
FinAid
Counselors
Parents
Gap Year
Sum Jobs
West
Drinking
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