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Viewpoint: Affirmative action creates false stigmas
Demonstrators Sid Jacobo, left, and Jazel Flores protest in San Francisco on Feb. 13. (Photo by Paul Sakuma, AP) This year, the Supreme Court will hear another affirmative action college admissions...
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5 horrible essay topics for your college application
(By Pixland) So you learned the importance of teamwork, even though you lost the big game. That’s great. It’s just not a great essay topic. Think you have a great, super-unique idea for an essay? You...
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Good manners matter when applying to college
iStock You may be wondering how college admissions and manners could possibly be related. The connection is surprisingly clear. As you go through the college planning process, you’ll deal with adults...
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4 ways to guarantee you won’t be accepted
(By Jupiter Images) You’ve put in more than three years of hard work in high school. Don’t get lazy now! Take more than a few hours to craft your essays and application. As the first round of college...
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How to tackle the 'Why this college?' admissions essay
By Thinkstock Images The “Why this college?” essay is a great chance for colleges to learn about you — but you should learn about them, first. If you’re applying to even just a few colleges, you’re...
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First generation students face disadvantages, culture shock
By Fernando Acosta First generation college student Fernando Fernando Acosta always knew he wanted to go to college. But the junior Spanish major at Sewanee: The University of the South in Sewanee,...
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High schooler's Twitter study aims to debunk college stereotypes
Grace Isford, a high school junior at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich, Conn., has a name for the tornado of university rankings, rumors and reputations: the “college hype machine.” That...
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4 tips for non-writers on writing college admissions essays
By Jon Fortenbury, Schools.com By Ingram Publishing Even if writing is not your strong suite, here are tips to writing a better college essay. You can still write a great college admissions essay if...
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Why you shouldn't fall in love with colleges before applying
By IStock Make sure to check out all the facts of a college before automatically deciding to go there. Amanda Dixon had every reason to believe she’d get into the applied behavioral analysis graduate...
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Ivy League whiz kid picks his college: Yale
Kwasi Enin of Shirley, N.Y., was accepted by all eight Ivy League colleges and chose Yale University as the college he will attend this fall. (Photo: James Montalto, William Floyd High School) Kwasi...
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The importance of timing when applying for colleges
University of Southern California campus, Los Angeles, California, USA The college application process is more competitive than ever. The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), for example,...
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The 15-question checklist for the year before college
One more year until college. That’s the timeline for students entering their senior of high school in August or for nontraditional students going back to school next fall. And while deadlines to apply...
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Pros and cons of moving to a city before attending college there
Would you consider moving to a city like Boston before you even applied to college there? (Helen Rask, iStock) You could do what many do: apply for colleges as a senior in high school, or as a transfer...
View ArticleStudy finds small words can predict future collegiate success
Remember the first admissions essay you wrote? Maybe it was an anecdote detailing the time you won a basketball championship, or you described how a seemingly ordinary family vacation changed your...
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As 'yield rates' fluctuate, colleges work to protect reputations
In recent years, universities have found it challenging to boost their yield, as students apply to more schools per admission cycle, which can increase their options when it’s time to make a decision....
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5 great colleges for studying early childhood education
Teaching young children is a vital and rewarding part of their development, and given how important the subject is, it’s no surprise that early childhood education degrees are offered at many schools....
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Month-by-month directions for high school seniors to prepare for fall admission
If you’re a high school senior, it’s tempting to just relax for a few months after the holidays. You survived the first half of the year school year, it’s hard to get back into the groove in January,...
View ArticleBarnard College to consider admitting transgender women
Following the lead of many all-female institutions across the country, Barnard College announced this week that it is considering the implementation of a policy that will make transgender women...
View ArticleCollege Board says printing error won't affect SAT scores
WASHINGTON (AP) — The College Board acknowledges that test booklets for hundreds of thousands of students taking the SAT college entrance exams last Saturday carried an error, but says it won’t affect...
View ArticleDear high school graduates, it's not too late for college this fall
More decades ago than I wish to admit to, I left Paoli, Penn. for Durham, N.C. on a stiflingly hot summer day. Then, I was a student entering college. Now I am a college president. Both of these...
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