
Traditional Four-Year Degrees Are Exception
You must read this article by Neil Swidley in the Boston Globe. Mr. Swidley pulls together some great information that shatters the myth of the four year college degree. Fact:

You must read this article by Neil Swidley in the Boston Globe. Mr. Swidley pulls together some great information that shatters the myth of the four year college degree. Fact:

Student-to-faculty ratios mislead. While they are oft-cited indicators of teaching quality, these ratios have no bearing on an individual student’s educational experience.

Jacques Steinberg of the New York Times reports today that Top Colleges See Little Fall in Freshman Commitments. Unsurprisingly, students offered admission to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Pomona are accepting

I visited the University of San Francisco last week. It was a beautiful, sunny day, but the wind was brisk. Despite the chill in late April, I was able to

What’s the Number One Party School? Most likely, it’s whatever college or university your student attends. Sometimes my clients (or rather, the parents of my clients) ask me to find

Sallie Mae, the largest private lender in the student loan market, will no longer defer interest until graduation. Starting today, all new student loans require payments while in school. Payments

As I traveled around the Deep South last week visiting colleges, I was happy to feel some of my old stereotypes melt away. To be sure, southern colleges reflect their

An article in the Tufts Daily indicates that the university has accepted quite a few more students from its Early Decision pool than last year: 12% more. It could be,

Unweighted GPA. Weighted GPA. Class rank. How do these factors combine in the college admissions process?