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College Big Picture
Make Colleges Tell Us More About Graduates’ Fate
Bloomberg - Oct 11, 2012
...They expose the glaring gap of reliable information about the colleges’ success rates. Parents can’t shop around and schools can’t be held accountable if there is no data available...
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Why College May Be Totally Free Within 10 Years
TIME - Oct 13, 2012
Higher education is in transition and with a coming proliferation in online courses could be totally free for many within a decade. The status quo won't yield easily. But this is looking like a real answer to runaway student debt.....
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Choice of college degree can cost you millions
CNN Money - Oct 16, 2012
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Want to make $3.5 million? Major in engineering.
That's how much those who graduate with an engineering degree can expect to earn over a 40-year career, according to new Census Bureau data......
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AP Classes Are a Scam
The Atlantic - Oct 13, 2012
Fraudulent schemes come in all shapes and sizes. To work, they typically wear a patina of respectability. That's the case with Advanced Placement courses, one of the great frauds currently perpetrated on American high-school students....
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
A few more tips for getting the most from a college fair
DC College Admissions Examiner - Oct 17, 2012
Lose your friends and don’t consider a college fair a social event. Do a little advance planning and strategize about schools you’re going to visit and what you’re going to say....
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Pursuing activities with a passion
San Jose Mercury News - Oct 15, 2012
People often ask me which activities their children should get involved in to ensure acceptance into specific colleges. And try as I may to dissuade the notion that colleges are looking for specific involvement or that admissions officers have a list of suitable activities....
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5 Tips for Students Applying to College Alone
US News & World Report - Oct 15, 2012
For prospective college students, going through the admissions process without a parent or guardian can be intimidating. Students who have to juggle college applications and financial aid materials may feel alone...
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Get Schools to Waive Fees
Wall Street Journal - Oct 13, 2012
Forget about the cost of attending college. Just applying can slam your wallet.
The average student applies to about eight schools. At an average of $40 per application, the bill can add up, g....
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Advice on Recommendation Letters from UVa’s Admissions Office
VOA Blog - Oct 11, 2012
Over on the University of Virginia’s admissions blog, Senior Assistant Dean of Admissions Jeannine Lalonde got fed up with the misinformation she was seeing on forums and message boards about how many recommendation letters to submit to a college....
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8 Reasons to Attend Canadian Universities
The College Solution - Oct 17, 2012
Ever thought about attending a Canadian university?
A growing number of Americans are considering earning a college degree from up North. Actually, it’s not as far north as you might think because most Canadian universities are near the US border....
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College Admissions - Inside the Admissions Office
What Do Admission Officers Really Know?
The College Solution Blog - Oct 12, 2012
Is your university need blind? I once saw a couple of enthusiastic young admission reps from a pair of Catholic universities back East try to answer that question at a college conference. . ..
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Think Outside 'The Box'
Inside Higher Ed - Oct 12, 2012
DENVER – Don’t check the box.
It’s the advice that’s given to Asian-American students by friends, family members, guidance counselors, even teachers, in the college application process. “The box” in question (actually more of a circle these days) refers to the selection of “Asian” when college applications ask students how they identify themselves. ...
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College Admissions Essays
Don’t get carried away with cliches
Charlotte Observer - Oct 15, 2012
Need a good writing tip? Avoid cliches like the plague. Well, that’s a pretty obvious one, but even less conspicuous cliches should be skipped in college essays.....
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Writing Your Common App Essays And What To Avoid
LA College Admissions Examiner - Oct 12, 2012
The Common Application (www.commonapp.org) application essay prompts (on writing page) are available and have not changed since last year. Remember to follow all instructions and stick to the required word counts....
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Oh, those onerous college essays
Philadelphia Inquirer - Oct 14, 2012
Working in admissions at Bryn Mawr College for a decade doesn't exempt me from anxiety as my firstborn applies to colleges. It does give me some perspective on the process - and makes me unusually popular with my Radnor neighbors who also have children in the Class of 2013....
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Sample College Admissions Essays on a Fictional Character
About.com - Oct 13, 2012
Essay option #4 on the Common Application states, "Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence." An unusual approach to this prompt can be seen in Felicity's essay "Porkopolis" ....
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|  HSCW Contributors Blog
Post - Oct 18, 2012
Make Your Stories Pop: 10 College Application Essay Guiding Questions
Working on the drafts of your personal statements for your college applications? .... More
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SATs & ACTs
Top tips for SAT writing multiple choice test
NY Test Prep Examiner - Oct 7, 2012
Mastering the SAT writing multiple choice section of grammar and usage questions is easier than it might seem. Students classically make the mistake of perceiving the questions as an undistinguishable mass of convoluted, wrong-sounding sentences. .....
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Post - Oct 17, 2012
Replace the SAT with AP Scores? Uh…
Jay Mathews was almost onto something in his recent column, Time to Retire the SAT , .... More
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Ask SAT and ACT Officials About Standardized Tests
New York Times - The Choice - Oct 18, 2012
Before juniors and seniors sharpen their No. 2 pencils and take a shot — or perhaps another shot — at the SAT and ACT this fall, we’d like to take a moment to turn the tables......
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Scholarships/FinAid
Financial-Aid Letters Still Confusing for Students
Ed Week - Oct 17, 2012
The goal of standardizing and streamlining student financial-aid letters is far from being realized, according to an investigation by the nonprofit journalism outlet ProPublica...
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Parents
College Financial-Aid Issues for Older Parents
New York Times - Booming Blog - Oct 17, 2012
Q. Should one disclose an imminent retirement (within two years of the start of a child’s college education) when applying for financial aid? — Debbie Smyth, Alameda, Calif......
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The Parent Loan Trap
Chronicle of Higer Ed - Oct 4, 2012
More than a decade after Aurora Almendral first set foot on her dream college campus, she and her mother still shoulder the cost of that choice.....
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How to Avoid Family Disagreements When Choosing a College
US News & World Report - Oct 16, 2012
When it comes to choosing a college, parents and students are sometimes on totally different pages. Perhaps one favors a college close to home and another a college far away. Or maybe one puts finances over dream schools and the other weighs them equally....
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Vocational Education
We Need More Skilled Workers (Because We Won’t Train Them)
Washington Monthly - Oct 15, 2012
Part of the reason politicians cite for more college education has to do with a common gripe by American business owners: we don’t have enough skilled workers. An article in The Economist earlier this year explained that “America’s problem with training was laid bare in a report published...
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South
Florida schools' race-based plan draws criticism
USA Today - - Oct 11, 2012
A five-year academic "road map" for Florida public school students is angering some educators and civil rights groups, who note that it sets different proficiency goals for African-American, Latino and white students, among others....
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New Voucher Rules for Private Schools in Louisiana
Ed Week - - Oct 18, 2012
A new set of rules for private and parochial schools in Louisiana eligible for state tax dollars looks set to be approved by the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education,...
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Arkansas lawmakers back public school spending hike
Baxter Bulletin - - Oct 16, 2012
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas lawmakers on Monday recommended increasing public school spending by between $56.6 million and $78.4 million, but left open the possibility of tweaking that proposal before the Legislature convenes for next year’s session.,...
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Bullying
Parents May Be Teaching Teens to Be Bullies
US News & World Report - Oct 10, 2012
When Wisconsin news anchor Jennifer Livingston was called fat by a viewer, she got a firsthand taste of the kind of bullying many high school students confront on a daily basis.....
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Canada weighs anti-bullying strategy after teen suicide
USA Today - Oct 16, 2012
The suicide last week of a 15-year-old Canadian girl who had posted a video saying she was tormented by bullies has prompted a national outpouring of grief and prompted politicians to consider a national anti-bullying strategy, The Vancouver Sun reports.....
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