Monday, July 6th, 2009
Two months without the pressures of homework, papers, and tests—summer is the perfect time to get your personal essay ready for the applications...
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Beginning today, the federal Education Department will offer a tuition repayment plan that ties monthly payment to your income. Because federal...
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Here’s an interesting question from a College Admissions Examiner subscriber:I know that colleges look at the rigor of one's coursework but I...
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The Chronicle of Higher Education reports this morning that The Gates Foundation has given $16.5 million in grants to 15 community colleges. The...
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As high schools across the country graduate their seniors and close the doors for the summer, it’s time to make a plan for two months of college...
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The subject of unequal access has been a part of the college admissions discussion for decades, rising louder and more frantic at times, and then...
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Loyola College in Baltimore is the latest of over 800 four-year institutions to make their admissions criteria SAT (and ACT) results optional. The...
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“Diplomas and Dropouts,” a recent report by the American Enterprise Institute, found that four-year American colleges had a graduation...
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The National Association for College Admission Counseling recently released its analysis of test preparation’s impact on SAT scores, which...
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It’s tempting. You’ve been accepted to college, with one foot out the door. But the other is still firmly planted in high school. Why...
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