As students and their families organize themselves to visit college campuses, they usually focus on itineraries, on reserving hotel rooms, and on scheduling those campus tours. Only a few, however, consider direct contact with professors during the visit. Why would a visit with a professor be important?
Your GPA is the most important aspect of your college application. Do you know how to calculate it the way that college admissions officers do? Is your GPA inflated and full of fluff? Or does it reflect academic rigor? Learn the facts.
Is an expensive private college education worth the money? Many have to tried to use statistically prove this one way or another. The fact is that you cannot control the most important variables: humans who graduate from college. They choices they make while attending and after college have at least as much bearing on the stats as the cost of the diploma.
Admissions expert Mark Montgomery goes in-depth on the reductionism of touting faculty-to-student ratios.
Spring college fairs are here. Read these five tips for making the most of your college fair experience.
Libraries aren’t just for studying any more. And they may not be for storing books and magazines much longer, either.
What Classes Do I Need to Be an Architect? A client of mine is a budding architect. He is taking an independent study in architecture
There are many famous graduates of liberal arts colleges. A college admissions counselor demonstrates the value of a liberal arts degree.
What is Need Blind Admission to College? Clients have asked me repeatedly to explain the relationship between the financial aid and admissions offices. To help
Why major in music? Because it is great preparation for a career at Microsoft! Here Mark reviews a speech by Brian Pertl, Dean of the Conservatory of Music at Lawrence University.
