Posted on: 24 Jul 2022
Too many talented students pass up opportunities to earn college credits during their high school years for just a tiny fraction of what they will pay later in freshman tuition. Understanding the options that may be available to you at your high school is step one. Step two is exploring the policies of each of […]
Posted on: 21 Jul 2022
Unlike many other public institutions with notable strengths in the areas of business, computer science, and engineering, Virginia Tech’s acceptance rate does not yet strike fear into the hearts of prospective applicants (although it has fallen from 70% to 58% in the past two years). However, it is important for wanna-be Hokies to be aware […]
Posted on: 20 Jul 2022
Colleges love to throw around high-minded words like meritocracy, access, and egalitarianism when discussing admissions policies. Yet proclamations of a focus on social justice and opportunity ring a bit hollow when you consider that so-called legacy applicants, those who have familial ties to an institution, are still given a sizable edge in the admissions process […]
Posted on: 17 Jul 2022
Prior to the advent of the modern internet, data-starved applicants had to head over to Barnes & Noble or another, now defunct retailer (remember Borders and Waldenbooks?) to find insights beyond those contained in the official glossy brochures that arrived in the mail. The internet has made some of these extra-thick volumes a bit less […]
Posted on: 11 Jul 2022
Online master’s programs have proliferated in the past decade to the point that, no matter your field of interest, page one of your Google search results will contain a parade of elite universities excited to serve up a master’s-level education to an audience in their pajamas. In 2022, the likes of Columbia, USC, NYU, Northwestern, […]
Posted on: 05 Jul 2022
To most of us, the concept of in-state tuition is a straightforward proposition. Government subsidized public institutions offer a lower tuition price to residents of their state. Families can elect to take advantage of the in-state tuition or pay a sizable premium for an out-of-state public school. Pretty cut and dried, right? Not anymore. Savvy […]
Posted on: 28 Jun 2022
The College Board debuted the AP Computer Science Principles course in 2016 and, by 2019, over 100,000 teens were sitting for the exam each year. In further evidence of the course’s success, female test-takers increased 136% in that timeframe. By 2021, there were 116,000 exam-takers, a 21% increase over two years prior. Meanwhile, the old […]
Posted on: 25 Jun 2022
Being a new high school teacher is no easy job. As your first year progresses, you learn to master instructional planning and teaching. You navigate the dynamic aspects of the job, like caring for 150 students and getting along with countless colleagues and supervisors. You master Google classroom, grading software, parent communication, and professional development. […]