In the Education Life Section of The New York Times, Samantha Stainburn looks at words of wisdom written for a 250 word application essay. If you are applying to college and have to respond to a writing prompt that limits you to 150, 200, or 250 words, you may wrinkle your brow and wonder whatever […]
The National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC) publishes an annual report that tracks the trends in college costs, applications, admissions, and financial aid, among other things. It can be very useful to know what kinds of trends and what types of applicants are in the pool as you apply to college.
More and more students are applying to college! The increase in senior applications to post-secondary schools is rising due to several factors. The first is that the children of the largest population balloon in U.S. history, the baby Boomers, are reaching the end of their high school years. Second, as competition rises, more seniors are applying […]
The Christian Science Monitor has a new five-part series that follows six high school students throughout their 2006 senior year, describing what they went through in choosing, applying, and deciding on a college. The first part takes the reader through the stresses of beginning the application process. The article suggests how students put their college […]
Education is an investment, but with the high college costs of today you have to weigh how good an investment any one college degree is. According to figures provided in a recent Associated Press article by Leslie Wines graduate education costs are up 150% since 1994 to an average of $37,600 in 2004, and undergraduate […]