
If My Grades Are Bad, Can I Still Go To College?
The short answer is yes. I’ve worked with a number of students who had bad grades in high school, but went on to do well
The short answer is yes. I’ve worked with a number of students who had bad grades in high school, but went on to do well
Students with bad grades, low GPA, and low SAT and ACT test scores can still get into college. But can they graduate? Can they get financial aid? Mark responds to an inquiry from a student who wants it “honest and straight.”
For students who want to both save money and prepare for college success, consider taking college classes while still in high school. You may even get into Harvard (or at least the flagship public university in your state)!
How do we know what college is best? What are the objective indicators of educational quality. Zac Bissonnette reminds us that there is no objectivity in this business.
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
A recent article in the New York Times reports that many community colleges are morphing into four-year institutions offering Bachelor’s degrees. Part of this is
Yesterday I wrote about some research about average salaries of community college graduates, and I commented (negatively) on the researcher’s conclusions that students ought to
Well, methinks the community colleges of America will be having a cow about now. Yesterday, education reporter Mary Beth Marklein of USA Today announced a
Every once in a while I receive a question from someone for which there is no immediate answer. Today I received a message from a
Two recent articles from education sections of two different publications paint different aspects of our community colleges. If we put the two together, we get