Tagged: "reject"

April 18, 2011

A New Kind of Wait List for College Admissions

When colleges don't have room to accept a student, but also don't want to reject them, they now have a third option.

April 01, 2009

Accepted or Rejected? The Envelope Please….

Today is April 1st, the day by which colleges and universities across the land must tell their applicants of their decision:  accepted, rejected, or waitlisted. I was interviewed by Forbes.com the other day regarding my opinion about how students should handle the prospect of being rejected to their first choice school. You can read what [...]

March 30, 2009

Colleges Accepting More Students Who Can Pay Full Fare – NYTimes.com

As students wait to hear from college admission offices in the next couple of days, this story from the New York Times highlights the cold, hard realities of economics. The story is entitled Colleges Accepting More Students Who Can Pay Full Fare. The title is pretty self-explanatory. With fewer parents willing or able to take [...]