How to Pay Less for College
If you’ve ever experienced a sudden, unexplained rise in your cable bill, you’ve probably experienced something like this: After calling the cable company and enduring twenty straight minutes of deafeningly loud advertisements for Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween, you finally get an operator…
Top College Admissions Trends in 2018
“Holistic admissions, applications rise, demonstrated interest, SAT goodbyes…” There are enough hot-button issues taking center stage in the admissions world in 2018 to add a verse to Billy Joel’s classic “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” Unfortunately, the above topics didn’t sound nearly as melodic as…
Should I go to a liberal arts college?
Two cups of coffee sit before you: one bearing the insignia of a popular, multinational brand and the other, an unknown local brew. As a participant in a taste test, you are asked to sip both and then state which one is better. After sampling…
How to Get Recruited as a College Athlete
Each fall, more than 480,000 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) student-athletes ready themselves for competition in 24 sports at 1,281 college and universities. Roughly 176,000 individuals participate in Division I athletics, 119,000 in Division II, and almost 188,000 in Division III. Over 2.7 billion dollars…
Colleges with the Best Jewish Life
For many college-bound seniors, the prospect of leaving home for the first time is a source of both excitement and unrest. Flying the nest can induce more of the latter emotion for those who’ve grown up enjoying a tight-knit family and community with shared values,…
Which Colleges Require Portfolios?
Traditionally, portfolios as part of the college admissions process were solely the domain of certain types of academic programs, namely, architecture, the performing arts, fine arts, film, and other visual or auditory mediums. In an effort to create a more holistic admissions process, many colleges…
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…
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