College Admissions
Working With High School Counselors
Independent college counselors and high school guidance counselors play important roles, but serve different functions. Read more.
April 1, 2015
Independent college counselors and high school guidance counselors play important roles, but serve different functions. Read more.
Mark uses the University of California in Santa Barbara as an example of a school that gives students multiple avenues to getting a degree.
Mark confronts the widespread wariness of attending colleges in the American South with an essay by Jake Bonnell, admissions counselor at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi.
Mark reminds students to take information sessions with a grain of salt and keep an eye out for the hard facts.
Mark goes to Hamilton College in Upstate New York to talk about the value of a first-hand impression of a college.
Mark talks about the shift in the function of university libraries as less students use books for their research.
Great College Advice discusses why most colleges mention their undergraduate research programs on their tours. But beware: not all colleges are walking the walk.
Great College Advice visits Ithaca College to talk about the difference between liberal arts colleges and more modern institutions that focus more on professional training.
Great College Advice visits Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to showcase its energetic campus.