Your location may improve, diminish or have little effect on your prospects for admission. It depends upon where you live and to which institutions you apply. A number of public colleges and universities give preference to in-state students, so for example, if you are a resident of North Carolina...
Read MoreGuidebooks can be an excellent source of information for students seeking to learn more about the offerings and environment of a college. They often provide useful information about strong programs, important admission indicators, and social/extracurricular opportunities. However, they also have a couple drawbacks. First guidebooks are usually limited to...
Read MoreIt’s perfectly acceptable to be undecided about a prospective major. You’re still in high school and have yet to explore much of what this world has to offer. Further, more than half of all college students change their major at least once. So, use your freshman (and possibly) sophomore...
Read MoreThe Chronicle of Higher Education recently featured Andrew and Michael’s research examining the predictors of graduate school debt. In addition to discussing their findings, Chronicle reporter Stacey Patton asked Andrew and Michael to comment on the debt crisis in U.S. graduate education. In the article, Andrew insists that “the...
Read MoreESPN recently featured Michael’s study on the admissions-related effects of changing athletic conferences in “Conference moves: Revenues up, costs up.” The study, co-authored with Dennis Kramer, shows that schools changing conferences achieve lower admission rates, higher yield rates, and higher ACT scores, even after controlling for other institutional characteristics.
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