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4 Things to Do When Your Daughter Gets Rejected by Her First-Choice College
For weeks, your daughter has anxiously checked her account on College X’s portal. She refreshes her email several times each day and even treks out to the snail mailbox to see if her fate has been delivered there. She is hoping for an acceptance to her first-choice college, one that was chosen carefully after an exhausting college search. The letter arrives. She was rejected. Now what?
Cornell Lowers Credit Cap for Engineers
Citing concerns for student mental health, the university is reducing the maximum number of credits engineers can take
The Four Most Important College Planning Tasks for Ninth Grade
Discover how to become a competitive applicant to selective colleges
Should You Disclose a Disability When Applying to College?
Students with disabilities often wonder whether to discuss their diagnoses on college applications. It’s a great question, and a very personal decision.
For College Students, LinkedIn FOMO Is Real—These Tips Will Help
Stop worrying about work experience and connections; students can follow these 11 guidelines to make the most out of your LinkedIn profile.
I Killed My Teenager’s Fancy College Dreams. You Should, Too.
Forty-five million Americans owe a collective $1.6 trillion in student debt. Here’s why my daughter won’t be one of them.
How to Write a “Why This Major?” Essay in 4 Easy Steps!
Don’t think about the “Why Major” essay as an attempt to gaze into a crystal ball and predict the rest of your career, much less where you’ll be in the next four years. Think about what you’re interested in now and let that be the guiding force.
St. Joseph’s plans to open a residence hall for students with autism
St. Joseph’s will be among the first traditional college campuses in the country to offer such an option. A large three-story house on campus, it can accommodate up to 17 students.
UC & CSU admissions without the SAT & ACT
In the absence of SAT/ACT scores, the rest of the UC and CSU applications are now relatively more important. How will they use this information to evaluate students’ applications.
5 Types of College Application Deadlines
Colleges utilize five types of application deadlines. As students plan for college, an understanding of how each type can affect their admissions chances as well as how a deadline at one college can limit the deadline choice at another college should be a key part of planning the admissions process. The deadline types and the […]
College Admission: Things That Make You Go Hmmm…
With every new year, the landscape of college admission and application outcomes increasingly perplex me. A
NACAC STEM Virtual College Fair
Thursday, February 24, 2022 4pm – 8pm (ET) Find out more and register here. Click here for a list of the many schools participating.
College Planning Tip – All about early decision
Of the different types of college applications, this one can often be the most confusing. What does it mean exactly? And how “binding” is it? And what about financial aid?
College enrollment continues to slide as free tuition and loan forgiveness stall
The number of undergraduates nationwide is now down 5.1% compared to two years ago — a loss of nearly 1 million students.
Why Are Colleges Restricting Access To High-Paying Majors?
The financial return to college is not the same for everyone. Students who major in certain fields—especially engineering, computer science, finance, economics, and nursing—dramatically increase the chance that they will earn back the cost of their education. Economic returns for other majors aren’t nearly as strong, and many students who choose low-paying majors are worse off […]
The Top 9 Reasons Some Families Do Not Look At Some Colleges
9 MYTHS DEBUNKED – there are many amazing schools out there that you will overlook simply by putting on blinders based on something you heard.
AP vs. DE. Which Should You Choose?
Advanced Placement vs. Dual Enrollment. A constant conversation and one with many considerations. As students progress through high school, course offerings typically increase, giving students a wide variety of options. These are often listed in your high school’s course catalog, and it’s helpful to consider all of your options before committing to courses.
Understanding the University of California Admission Review Process
As we inch toward March, and thus the release of admission decisions from the University of California (UC) institutions, many students are wondering how they evaluate applications. After all, UCLA received a whopping 139,485 applications from the class of 2021, but could only admit 15,004, which is a 10.8% acceptance rate–so who’s getting in and how?
How To Choose High School Courses
According to the most recent addition of State of College Admissions, 62.1% of colleges view high school curriculum with “considerable importance.” Only 7.3% say the strength of the curriculum is of “no importance.” Other top spots include grades in college prep courses and grades in all courses. So why does curriculum matter? While you may […]
Give3600: connecting people and nonprofits
At Give3600, our mission is straightforward: we connect people and nonprofits.
How to Choose the Best High School Courses for Competitive College Admissions
Learn what weighted GPA means to college admissions—it’s different than you think. If you’re an ambitious high school student, you probably already have your high school transcript stacked with AP, Honors, and advanced level coursework. After all, most colleges consider the rigor of your high school course load a top criterion in the selection process […]
Humboldt State gets a name and mission makeover as a ‘polytechnic university’
Humboldt State has a new name and an updated mission as a polytechnic university, a move aimed at increasing sagging enrollment at an underused campus with high-demand STEM education and research offerings.
College Planning Tip – Financial Aid Appeals
My kid got accepted to his top choice college, but we didn’t get aid. Can we ask for more money? It’s a common question. The short answer is YES, you can always ask the school for more aid.Of course, there’s no guarantee that they will give you more. There’s definitely a strategy and timing involved to […]
