I recently visited Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, to find out for myself why this small, liberal arts college is included in Loren Pope’s book,
The Yale Daily News reports that over 26,000 high school seniors applied for admission to Yale. Applications to Harvard have passed the 29,000 mark. So
The Chicago Tribune ran a story on Monday about the lengths to which some parents will go to get their darlings into college. The whole
A hilarious front page article in this week’s The Onion leads with this headline: Closing of Homeless Shelter Leaves College-Application Padding Students with Nowhere to
A recent article from the New York Times explored the high levels of stress that high school students are experiencing. It seems that applying to
Forbes.com recently did a series of articles on the aftermath of the college admissions season, and looked at how kids are handling rejection. I was
I learned today that the Universal College Application now has over 60 institutions that accept its online application. This is a good start, and builds
As I explained in a previous post, I recently asked a group of friends and acquaintances about their experiences in selecting a college or university.
The New York Times reported in an article yesterday that the numbers of applications to Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, Cornell, and many other colleges are way
