What College Majors Offer the Best Job Opportunities?

Choosing a major can be tricky. Would it help if you knew what majors lead to the best job opportunities?

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The SAT is not Always Needed to Get into College

You don’t have to take the SAT or the ACT to get into a four-year college!
For juniors about to take the March SAT, it’s comforting to know that there are almost 850 four-year colleges known as the “Fair Test Schools” which do not require standardized tests for acceptance.
Instead of looking at the SAT or ACT, these colleges will weigh your GPA and rigor of your classes more heavily. They might also ask to see some of your academic writing.
Some of the more well-known college on the Fair Test list include the following:
American University
Bard
Bates
Bowdoin
Colorado College
Dickinson
Drew
Franklin & Marshall
Hamilton
Hobart & William Smith
Julliard
Juniata
Knox
Lewis & Clark
Middlebury
NYU
Pitzer
Sarah Lawrence
Texas A & M
Union
Wake Forest
WPI
For a complete list of all the four year schools, go to the Fair Test Schools website: Fairtest.org
So if you’re not happy with your SAT scores in March and you just don’t want to take the SAT again consider some of the “Fair Test” schools.
 
Juliet Giglio
Educational Consultant in Syracuse, NY

The March SAT

The deadline for the March 10th SAT is in less than a week!
The SAT test costs $49 if you sign up before February 10th.  After that, you’ll incur an additional $26 late fee if you want to take the test.
Typically, the March SAT is the most popular test date of the entire year.  According to the New York Times, last spring, more than 1.55 million students took the SAT.  An increase over previous years.
Reasons to sign up for the March SAT now include:

  • You won’t incur a late fee of $26
  • You are more likely to get the test prep site that you want
  • You’ll get your scores back in three weeks — so if you aren’t pleased, you can easily take the test again in May

Juliet Giglio
Educational Consultant in Syracuse, New York

It May Be January, But It's Not Too Late to Apply to College! Part 2

If you missed the January deadlines for college applications for the Class of 2016, don’t fret.  There are still many great colleges which have February deadlines.  Many names you will recognize.

So if you like to procrastinate.  Or if you’ve suddenly found the cure for cancer and have a brilliant new essay topic.  You might be interested in the following late deadlines for college.

Consider the following:
February 1st

  • Baylor
  • Arizona State
  • University of Connecticut
  • Cornell College
  • DePauw
  • Gettysburg
  • Goucher
  • Kalamazoo
  • Knox
  • Lewis & Clark
  • Miami University of Ohio
  • University of Michigan
  • Mills College
  • NC State
  • Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
  • St. Lawrence
  • Sweet Briar College
  • Trinity University (Texas)
  • Whittier College
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
  • Xavier University of Louisiana
And if you still haven’t gotten your act together by February 1st, consider the following February 15th deadlines:
  • February 15th
  • Allegheny
  • Case Western
  • Centre College
  • Drew
  • Earlham
  • Eugene Lang
  • Guilford
  • Howard University
  • Muhlenberg College
  • Rhode Island School of Design
  • Rollins
  • College of Wooster

Juliet Giglio
Educational Consultant in Syracuse, New York

It May be January, But It's Not Too Late to Apply to College!

Although the January 1st application deadlines have passed, there are still many other colleges to which you can apply.

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Ohio Wesleyan University–Where Greek Life Dominates the Social Scene

students walking in college campus

Every school is a party school, in one way or another. Ohio Wesleyan has the reputation as a party school, but it has many fine attributes that one must consider–it’s not just for the frat boys and sorority girls.

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