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Carnival of College Admissions: 6th Edition
Welcome to the 6th Edition of the Carnival of College Admissions! We had guest hosts for the past two editions, so if you missed them, you can find the 4th Edition at Great College Advice, and the 5th Edition at Step Into College. Thirteen submissio...
Campus Visits Dos and Don’ts
This article was submitted as part of the Carnival of College Admissions by Kat Cohen, Phd., Founder and CEO of ApplyWise. March is a great time for high school juniors to visit college campuses. Here are some "Dos & Don'ts" that students and the...
“College Is Harder than Ever to Get Into!” - Latest Misleading Shock Headline?
Many admissions blogs -- and, even more unfortunately, local news outlets -- are taking the following statistics and coming to the conclusion that "college is harder than ever to get into:" Universities across the country are announcing record low ad...
Is ‘Free College’ Just a Pointless Gimmick?
I have been very excited over the past three weeks as college after college announces financial aid renovations that offer free tuition for students from low income families. In fact, Pennsylvania's Lehigh University and New York's Vassar College ju...
Columbia Is Final Ivy League to Offer Free College
Joining its Ivy League brothers, Columbia University has announced its new financial aid plan starting in the 2008-2009 academic year which includes the Free College program I've discussed several times over the past few days. Columbia currently lead...
MIT Becomes Newest Free College Pioneer
Joining the ranks of Yale, Harvard, Stanford and Brown Universities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has become the latest college to revise its financial aid package policies to offer free college to low income families. And though MIT'...
Perhaps Yale Is Not As Friendly to Low-Income Students As Previously Thought
Yale University freshman Sam Jackson blogged recently about his dissatisfaction with Yale's low-income financial aid practices. Quoting an article that calls Yale's new initiative a "mere public-relations gesture", Sam opines: Yale needs to work h...
Brown University Becomes Latest Ivy League to Offer Free College
Brown University approved yesterday new enhancements to its financial aid program for lower income families. According to its press release, "students from families with incomes of less than $100,000 will no longer have loans as part of their financ...
Reviewing the Princeton Review’s Best 366 Colleges (2008 Edition)
While this post does contain affiliate links to Amazon.com, this review is my accurate and honest opinion. My comments are unsolicited and unpaid. I was finally able to look through a copy of the Princeton Review's The Best 366 Colleges, 2008 Editio...
The ‘Free College’ Fad is Catching On - Stanford and Washington Join Harvard and Yale
Last month, I discussed the new 2008 college endowment figures and answered the question: should you care? At the time I said no, but now I may be starting to change my mind. California's Stanford University and Washington University in St. Louis, M...
Is an Online College right for me?
Online college programs — also known as distance learning — is a relatively new concept that many people are still skeptical about. USA Today reported that just a scant 33% of professors trust online learning. This does not mean, however...
Ivy League Admissions Statistics for 2007
The news that the amount of students applying to college skyrocketed for 2008 has worried many applicants. To calm fears, I have taken a look at the average recent application and compared it with the 2007 applications and admissions rates (as well ...
Why ‘Undeclared’ May Be a Good Idea
The Admission Game just posted an interesting article explaining why indecision about major is much less harmful than many students think[1]. I would like to go even further and suggest that there are advantages to the Undecided major, especially ...
Endowment Figures for 2008 Now Available: Should you care?
The National Association of College and University Business Officers releases statistics about the endowments of over 700 colleges each year. The information for 2007 (link to pdf) just became available. Your first question may be, ‘what is a...
