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College Big Picture
Too High a Price?
Inside Higher Ed - Oct 1, 2012
Grinnell College, which this year reported the fifth-largest endowment of any liberal arts college, announced Thursday that it would spend the next few months engaged in a conversation with campus stakeholders about changing its financial aid policies . ..
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College Admissions Process/Strategies
College Admissions: Why GPA’s Lie
GoLocalProv College Admissions - Oct 1, 2012
Every year, we hear the sad stories of students with seemingly high GPAs who were rejected from most of their colleges. While SAT/ACT scores and extra-curriculars may tell part of the story...
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October Checklist for Seniors
New York Times - The Choice - Oct 1, 2012
If asked to conjure up an image of a college campus, most of us would include a fall scene: angled sunlight, cheerful foliage, favorite sweaters, outdoor athletic contests....
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October Checklist for Juniors
New York Times - The Choice - Oct 2, 2012
Crush It in the Classroom
Undoubtedly you have already tired of hearing a teacher, parent or counselor remind you that “this is your most important year.” Even so, such a message bears repeating. Colleges evaluate you first and foremost on your performance in the classroom...
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Consider Campus Crime When Evaluating Colleges
US News - Money - Oct 3, 2012
To a high school senior, certain factors may be more important than others when choosing a university. Extended meal plans, Greek life, male-to-female ratio…college crime? Unfortunately, college crime rates are usually overlooked in the selection process...
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Teens aren't always as 'busy' as they think they are
San Jose Mercury News - Oct 1, 2012
These days it seems like everyone is busy all the time. With constantly being "connected" through our digital devices, it is easy to feel like we never get a break. From running to meeting after meeting to trying to answer emails...
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College Admissions Tips & Techniques
Having a Hook: How Being Good is No Longer Good Enough
Northerner Online - Sep 27, 2012
IB, SAT, GPA, AP. Before junior year, these acronyms were just codes that I didn’t have to crack. Before junior year, extra curriculars were just for fun, and making it to the honors banquet was my only academic goal...
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6 Tips for Selecting a School for Art Majors
The College Solution Blog - Oct 1, 2012
This is the college major that perhaps more than any other strikes fear in the hearts of parents, who worry that an art degree will condemn their children to a life eating Cheerio’s for dinner and driving old subcompacts with bald tires...
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Expert Tips for Taming the High Price of College Prep
AOL - Daily Finance - Oct 1, 2012
The other day, a colleague was lamenting the fact that her daughter is feeling pressured to enroll in an SAT prep course. All of her friends are taking one, the young woman said, which means she'll be at a disadvantage if she doesn't take one, too...
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College Admissions - Inside the Admissions Office
What Not to Do When Applying to College
US News & World Report - Oct 2, 2012
For the class of 2017, colleges and universities across the nation expect to see a record number of applications. As always, students are searching for an edge, looking for some way to stand out. Most do a good job of putting their academic records in the best light, ..
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Niceness, humility impress college admission officers
NorthJersey - Sep 28, 2012
The real goal in college applications is to create a genuine bond with the person who is evaluating your application. I thought I'd start the first column of the school year by making the case for being nice. It may not help win presidential elections, but it can go a long way in the college admission process...
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What’s Important In Admission Decisions
LA College Admissions Examiner - Sep 27, 2012
With college admissions becoming increasingly competitive, its best to know what criteria is considered important in admissions decisions. So how should you make yourself standout on your applications? ..
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College Admissions Essays
The Truth About The College Essay
San Ramon Express - Sep 27, 2012
In August the 2012-13 edition of the Common Application was released. At the same time or soon after, many schools released updated supplements, several of which request at least one additional essay :...
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SATs & ACTs
Which test is better for you?
Charlotte Observer - Oct 1, 2012
I can vividly remember sitting down with my No. 2 pencil frozen in my hand, thinking, “On this one day, this one test is going to determine the rest of my life.”...
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SATs or ACTs
Hickory Record - Oct 1, 2012
HICKORY -- High School juniors and seniors have much to consider when planning for college. In addition to what they would like to major in, which school to select, how big a school and what part of the country they prefer, students need to know which testing tool is accepted by the schools to which they are applying...
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Time to retire the SAT
Washington Post - Sep 27, 2012
Several years ago, I tried to persuade this newspaper to stop giving so much prominence to the annual results from America’s most feared test, the SAT. I said we were exaggerating its importance and aggravating the anxiety it caused families....
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College Rankings
50 state universities with best, worst grad rates
CBS News MarketWatch - Oct 2, 2012
ollege is expensive, but it costs even more for the students who don't graduate in four years (and the odds of pulling this off aren't good).
At public universities, 31.3 percent of students graduate in the traditional four years, versus 52.4 percent for those at private, nonprofit institutions ..
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The College Rankings Racket
New York Times - OpEd - Sep 28, 2012
Magazines compile lists because people like to read them. With U.S. News having folded its print edition two years ago, its rankings — not just of colleges, but law schools, graduate schools and even high schools ..
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Happiest Students: Princeton Review List
KPBS - Sep 30, 2012
What makes students happy? Plentiful sunshine? The tamping down of existential crises the minute they manifest? A normal dating culture? All or none of the above? We don't know because happiness is a mystery......
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Counselors
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Post - Oct 3, 2012
Have You Cleaned Up your Facebook Page Yet?
There are three key technology rules when it comes to applying to college:.... More
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More middle-class families look to college consultants
Washington Examiner - Sep 29, 2012
Four years ago, Grace Bauer, then a senior at South Lakes High School in Reston, thought the world was ending when she was rejected by Columbia University, her first-choice college....
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School counselors play critical role
Capital Gazette - Oct 1, 2012
When Millersville Elementary School counselor Suzan Cotter got a disturbing phone call Sept. 6 from the parent of a former student, she sprang into action.....
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Scholarships/FinAid
Financial aid season officially kicks off with the CSS PROFILE
DC College Admissions Examiner - Oct 2, 2012
October 1st marked the official launch date for the 2013-14 College Scholarship Service (CSS) Financial Aid PROFILE. The less familiar financial aid form, the CSS PROFILE is an online application that collects information used by a relatively ....
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How Parents and Students Can Find College Scholarships
US News & World Report - Oct 2, 2012
Looking for college scholarships can be confusing and overwhelming. And with college costs on the rise, the competition can be stiff. That's probably why so many families stick to filling out the FAFSA, completing a college's scholarship application, and then calling it a day.....
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Vocational Education
Fostering Tech Talent in Schools
New York Times - Sep 30, 2012
SEATTLE — Leandre Nsabi, a senior at Rainier Beach High School here, received some bluntly practical advice from an instructor recently.....
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West
New website highlights college transfer degree
Los Angeles Times - Oct 2, 2012
Higher education leaders on Tuesday launched a new website with information and resources for community college students seeking admission to California State University campuses with a transfer degree...
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Arizona schools struggle with math demands
AZCentral - Oct 2, 2012
Math has gotten harder in Arizona high schools -- not only for students, but for teachers who now need to make sure students pass four years of classes like algebra, geometry, trigonometry and statistics...
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California education’s painful decline
Salon - Oct 2, 2012
It was the greatest education system the world had ever seen. They built it into the eucalyptus-dotted Berkeley hills and under the bright lights of Los Angeles, ...
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Bullying
National Bullying Prevention Month: When your child is a bully
Washington Post - Sep 29, 2012
October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and in the coming weeks organizations and schools across the country will raise awareness around the issue. It’s a time when teachers, parents and administrators hope to turn the tide on a subject that has been around as long as children themselves.....
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