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Colleges receive thousands of applications each year and they know not every student who is admitted will attend, but its important they choose the right students to admit.
Ralph Figueroa, of the NY Times "Choice Blog" on college admission recently wrote a piece about private college consultants and whether or not they're worth it and if colleges can tell when students have been coached...
The concept of branding is nothing new, but most students don't have an underlying understanding of how to brand themselves.
The kiss of death in college admission is coming across as nothing more than "well-rounded.”...
Diana Marie Yonan gonna check out the site for more info on these stories!
In a down economy, there’s a great temptation to assume pricey universities are out of the question. Fewer than 25% of families pay the “sticker price” listed for tuition.
Todd was a straight C student who managed to finish his junior year with a mind blowing, overachieving B-minus average. He had a lot going for him in just about every area, other than academics...
In the last blog, I talked about Todd, an average high school student with a number of accomplishments, none of which included anything on his report card...
Mark Archer
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A few weeks back, I received an email from Shannon Meairs, CEO and Co-Founder of a college prep organization helping students navigate the admissions process.I’m always on the lookout for resources ...
In case you've missed the early advertising blitz -- "Back to School" season is upon us.
Webster’s defines a recession as: a period of an economic contraction, sometimes limited in scope or duration. Unfortunately for many of today’s college-bound students and their families, our current “economic retraction” is resulting in worthwhile teens having to drop their first-choice college.
Getting into college is already hard -- is it even harder than before to get into your "dream college"?
A new study says 25% of students don't graduate from high school. It's an alarming stat, to say the least!
