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		<title>What is the Academic Index?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[grade point average]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[standardized tests scores]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Academic Index (AI) is a tool used by the Ivies and other colleges and universities to calculate the academic standing of a recruited athlete. The AI number is based on a student’s standardized test scores and high school grade point average. Ivies look to recruit athletes who have an AI of 176 or higher, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Academic Index (AI) is a tool used by the Ivies and other colleges and universities to calculate the academic standing of a recruited athlete.

The AI number is based on a student’s standardized test scores and high school grade point average
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		<title>Ivy Application Numbers are Down</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebasics.com/blog/ivy-application-numbers-are-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[application numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[selective colleges]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Ivies will always be selective, but finally the number of applicants to the Ivies is beginning to level off.  This is good news for this year's class, the Class of 2016. Looking at some of the top colleges, three schools' numbers are still in]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Ivies will always be selective, but finally the number of applicants to the Ivies is beginning to level off.  This is good news for this year's class, the Class of 2016.

Looking at some of the top colleges, three schools' numbers are still in
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		<title>How FAFSA Works for Divorced Parents</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebasics.com/blog/how-fafsa-works-for-divorced-parents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegebasics.com/blog/how-fafsa-works-for-divorced-parents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[child support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divorced parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[untaxed income]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If parents of children applying for financial aid for college are divorced, the FAFSA form is filled out by only one parent. Which parent fills out the report is based on two factors: which parent has given the most support or which patent ha]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[If parents of children applying for financial aid for college are divorced, the FAFSA form is filled out by only one parent. Which parent fills out the report is based on two factors:


	which parent has given the most support or
	which patent ha
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		<title>The Real Costs of College</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebasics.com/blog/the-real-costs-of-college/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[earning potential]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Econmist recently quoted Kevin Carey:  "...if the lifetime wage premium for a college grad is a million dollars over 40 years, then how much is four years of college worth today? Answer: about $300,000 or so. That's $75,000 per year..." Yikes]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Econmist recently quoted Kevin Carey:  "...if the lifetime wage premium for a college grad is a million dollars over 40 years, then how much is four years of college worth today? Answer: about $300,000 or so. That's $75,000 per year..."

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		<title>The Common Application will be Updated</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebasics.com/blog/the-common-application-will-be-updated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get ready!  Common App 4.0 is on its way. Students applying to college will be able to use a new, streamlined  Common Application format by the summer of 2013.  Changes will include No more truncation of inserted text Opportunity to ask]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Get ready!  Common App 4.0 is on its way.


Students applying to college will be able to use a new, streamlined  Common Application format by the summer of 2013.  Changes will include

	No more truncation of inserted text
	Opportunity to ask
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		<title>Best Advice from Guidance Counselors for College Applications</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebasics.com/blog/best-advice-from-guidance-counselors-for-college-applications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guidance counselors have all kinds of advice, but here are some areas you should be picking their brains for. Ask your guidance counselor what colleges she recommends  for you.  She knows local colleges and universities, she knows you, and she]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Guidance counselors have all kinds of advice, but here are some areas you should be picking their brains for.

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		<title>National Colleges Your HS Guidance Counselors Recommend</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebasics.com/blog/national-colleges-your-hs-guidance-counselors-recommned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year high school guidance counselors from across the country were asked what schools they like to recommend to their students for the best undergraduate education.  These are some of their rankings.  (5 is the best ranking.) There were no]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last year high school guidance counselors from across the country were asked what schools they like to recommend to their students for the best undergraduate education.  These are some of their rankings.  (5 is the best ranking.)


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		<title>Financial Aid for International Students</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebasics.com/blog/financial-aid-for-international-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most financial aid for attending a U. S. college is restricted to American citizens and green-card holders, and most financial aid packages are based on federal taxes paid in the U. S.  However, there is financial aid available to international stud]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Most financial aid for attending a U. S. college is restricted to American citizens and green-card holders, and most financial aid packages are based on federal taxes paid in the U. S.  However, there is financial aid available to international stud
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		<title>Free Courses at MIT</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebasics.com/blog/free-courses-at-mit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegebasics.com/blog/free-courses-at-mit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[certificate of completion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MIT course materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online courses]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the spring of 2012 MIT will be launching MITx,  a new online learning initiative. MITx will be offered on an interactive platform that will allow for student-to-student communication and for online labs.  Now anyone can now take course work from]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the spring of 2012 MIT will be launching MITx,  a new online learning initiative. MITx will be offered on an interactive platform that will allow for student-to-student communication and for online labs.  Now anyone can now take course work from
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		<title>Colleges are Meeting New Career Demands</title>
		<link>http://www.collegebasics.com/blog/colleges-are-meeting-new-career-demands/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegebasics.com/blog/colleges-are-meeting-new-career-demands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colleges are beginning to offer both courses and degree programs in the fastest-growing career opportunities for the future. Maybe you should e thinking about these kinds of college degrees. Infomatics – IT meets medicine where there is a grow]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Colleges are beginning to offer both courses and degree programs in the fastest-growing career opportunities for the future. Maybe you should e thinking about these kinds of college degrees.


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