The Denver NBC affiliate picked up my post offering Ten College Planning Tips for Tough Economic Times. A segment on college planning and financial aid aired this morning on 9 News KUSA.
Have a look at yours truly on air.
While they billed me as a financial aid planner, those who know me think of me as [...]
Read full post...Welcome to the 5th Edition of the Carnival of College Admission. As promised, and in commemoration of the America’s Holiday, we offer the “Turkey Edition.” Today you’ll learn all sorts of fun facts about turkeys that you can share with your friends around the dinner table tomorrow. So not only will you [...]
Read full post...Actress Emma Watson is embarking on a new adventure: the college search. Apparently she is considering a liberal arts degree from one of the Ivies. She was spotted this week visiting Yale University, Harvard University, and Brown University.
While it was difficult for her to maintain a low profile amid the throngs of Harry Potter fans [...]
Read full post...The Times Higher Education in the UK recently released its rankings of the top 200 universities in the world. Seven out of the top 10 are American universities. Can you guess which ones are near the top of the list?
I did my undergraduate work at number 54, earned my doctorate at number 157, was a [...]
Read full post...Just a couple of weeks ago, the National Council for College Admissions Counseling issued a report calling on colleges to reduce the importance of standardized scores in the admissions process.
But as long as public rankings of colleges and universities, such as those issue by US News & World Report, it’s unlikely that colleges will dump [...]
Read full post...Sixty percent of college students in America are women; men go to college in fewer numbers. Some campuses are content to reflect this gender gap, but many are not. Most strive for a balance of men and women on their campuses.
The result: boys are favored in the admissions process, sometimes with a 10-20% better admit [...]
Read full post...Today’s issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education features a commentary by John F. Burness, a former administrator at Duke, Cornell, and the University of Illinois. Burness critiques the rankings created by US News & World Report–and by newcomer, Forbes. While the rankings titillate and sell oodles of magazines, they do little to [...]
Read full post...Inside Higher Ed reports in an article today that many colleges–especially liberal arts colleges–are not participating in at least some aspects of the infamous US News & World Report rankings.
The reasons are difficult to discern with certainty, but here are some likely explanations:
According to Robert Morse, who leads the rankings project at US News, it [...]
Read full post...Princeton Review’s Guide to the Best 368 Colleges is a best seller. For good reason. It can be very helpful in elucidating some of the key features of the colleges lucky enough to appear between its covers.
But it can also be something of a tease: check out my post yesterday for titillating [...]
I received an interesting question today from a friend and colleague who does tutoring and test prep for the ACT and the SAT. Here’s what she wrote:
Hi, Mark. I have a quick question. I have a student who is interested in applying to Stanford. She asked whether she would be able [...]