How to Evaluate a College’s Career Services
As colleges compete for your business, they often tout their shiniest new amenities—the Mall of America-size fitness center boasting a 35-foot rock climbing wall (University of Texas), the dorm facility featuring a sauna, steam room, and tanning beds (University of Arizona), or the indoor beach…
How to Create the Perfect College List
A great sculptor stares at a giant hunk of stone and can visualize, in their mind’s eye, a finished work of art. The average person just sees a rock. When it comes to the task of creating a list of prospective colleges, most teens and…
5 Secrets to Winning Merit Aid
“There is money out there for college.” Parents, panicking over the astronomical cost of tuition, hear this reassuring but somewhat vague advice all the time from friends, neighbors, or the media. They have faith that if they simply follow the rainbow of FAFSA forms, local…
How do I help my homeschool student get into college?
Let us begin by saying that if your son or daughter is among the 2.3 million children presently being homeschooled in the United States, they already enjoy a statistical advantage in many important facets of life. Studies have linked homeschooling to greater community involvement in…
Don’t Forget to Pick a Financial Safety School (FSS)
The act of drawing up college contingency plans is entirely antithetical to the passion-filled optimism pulsating through the average teenage brain. Counting on your son or daughter to put careful thought into their post-secondary backup plan is like expecting Romeo & Juliet to respond to…
Great colleges for “B” students
Let’s play a game akin to the Guess your Age/Weight booth at a local county fair. If we’re wrong, you get the cheaply-made stuffed animal of your choice. Ready? If you clicked on this article, you have an SAT score somewhere in the range of…
Applying to college? Beware of Social Media
This past week, in a well-publicized story that made international news, Harvard University rescinded offers of admission to more than ten students who posted obscene, sexually explicit and racist memes in a private Facebook group. The chat forum where the offensive memes were discovered by…
“O Canada”: Five Reasons to Consider Colleges North of the Border
Want to know why international student applications are down at 40% of U.S. schools in the 2016-17 admissions cycle? To quote South Park—Blame Canada…at least in part. Of course, declining foreign applications are primarily attributable to international fears at the dawn of the Trump era….
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