Sometimes campus tour guides go above and beyond. While on the University of Alabama campus recently, I was treated to a private tour by a
Jacques Steinberg of the New York Times reports today that Top Colleges See Little Fall in Freshman Commitments. Unsurprisingly, students offered admission to Harvard, Yale,
Today I spent a couple of hours at Stanford University. It was my first visit to the campus, and I was part of an organized
The New York Times has had a slew of interesting articles about college admissions lately. This one, about the odds of being accepted as a
Even in the economic downturn, many of the top colleges are still inundated with applications. Some colleges, like Williams, have experienced a decline in applications.
Theresa, a dear friend whom I haven’t seen in ages, called me the other day. We talked for a long time. Her son is a
Sallie Mae, the largest private lender in the student loan market, will no longer defer interest until graduation. Starting today, all new student loans require
Bloomberg reports that some selective colleges have seen a decline in applications this year, as more and more students and parents fret about the freakish
Well, folks, we made it to our Lucky 13th Edition of the Carnival of College Admission. Hard to believe we’ve been running nearly 26 weeks…almost
In a pair of pieces appearing this past weekend in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, two journalists illustrate that this admissions
