The New York Times is running a Q&A with the admissions directors of Pomona, Yale, University of Texas, and Lawrence University. If you want to
Well, it’s official. The Carnival of College Admission has begun to rotate. Can you feel the momentum? This sixth edition of the Carnival is ably
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, my alma mater (and that of my wife, too), did a blog post today about Fletcher couples who
This past summer I had the opportunity to visit Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts. I didn’t really know what to expect. I knew of its
The Chronicle of Higher Education is carrying an interesting piece about admissions officers on the road, beating the bushes for applicants. Something tells me that
A recent op-ed piece in the Providence Journal by Donald V. DeRosa, the president of the University of the Pacific, makes the case that even
The New York Times ran a piece today about the rise of club sports at colleges across the country. These are very professionally run organizations,
AP courses are among the most rigorous offered in American public high schools. But how good are they? Lots of kids take them–and fail the exams. So how good are AP courses for college admissions? As with most things, the answer depends on a number of factors. This article helps you to evaluate the value of AP courses at your school.
We’ve come to the Fabulous Fourth Edition of the Carnival of College Admission. And what better way to celebrate than to bring the original Fab
A few days ago I wrote a post providing some of my predictions about how the credit crunch will affect college admissions. The New York
