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As the January admissions deadlines roll by, high school seniors are now starting to feel anxious. As if the whole past year of selecting colleges and filling out applications wasn’t
January 15, 2008
As the January admissions deadlines roll by, high school seniors are now starting to feel anxious. As if the whole past year of selecting colleges and filling out applications wasn’t
An article in today’s New York Times reports that Yale University has followed the lead of Harvard in pumping $24 million into its financial aid budget. This will help reduce
I’ve noticed that most of the high school guys I work with lack some basic organizational skills. They come to my office with files that are completely jumbled. That is,
As I explained in a previous post, I recently asked a variety of friends and acquaintances how they selected the college they attended. This respondent attended Harvard as an undergraduate
A colleague recently asked a question about using LinkedIn as a way to make connections that will somehow raise kids’ changes of getting into college. I found the question thought
A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education reports on the rapid growth in the number of American students applying to British universities, and identifies some of the advantages
A recent article in the Dayton Daily News points to studies that indicate more and more college admissions counselors are checking out applicants’ Facebook and MySpace pages. Most kids think
A recent article in The Economist reported on efforts by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a think-tank funded by the world’s wealthiest countries, is trying out a new
Harvard University announced today that it is restructuring its financial aid packages to provide more assistance to middle class families. With the price of tuition at elite private colleges continuing