College Admission

9 Questions You Should Ask On College Tours

| Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: College Tours, The Mash, College Prep, College Advice, College Admission, Campus Tours, Teen News, Teen News

By Jessenia Martinez Jessenia is a senior at Benito Juarez High School. She’s a reporter for The Mash, a weekly teen publication distributed to C...

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The Waiting Game

Brian Harke Ed.D. | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: College Admissions Process, College, College Admission, High School Seniors, Rejection Letter Advice, Applying to College, College Admissions Advice, College News
Brian Harke Ed.D.

Stop biting your nails and worrying about your life crashing down if you don't get into your first choice college. Whatever your future holds will unfold as it is supposed to.

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'My Secret Strategy To Getting A Scholarship? Applying!'

> | Julianne Micoleta | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: The Mash, College Prep, Financial Aid, Scholarships, College Advice, College Scholarships, College Admission, High School News, College Application, Video, High School News

About the author: Julianne is a senior at Elk Grove and a reporter for The Mash, a weekly teen publication distributed to Chicagoland high schools. ...

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The End of College Admissions As We Know It

The Chronicle of Higher Education | Posted 11.01.2011

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

College admissions are a market that to this day substantially involves the exchange of information via pieces of paper (or electronic images thereof.) This causes all kinds of largely unrecognized problems.

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Get the Most Bang Out of Your College Buck

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Parent, College, Family Arguments, Parenting, Child Rearing, Teenagers, Family, College Application Process, College Admission, College Applications, College News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

Is there any way that there can be a meeting of the minds between parents and college-bound children that won't suck the thrills and excitement out of this rite (vs. right) of passage as children go to college?

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Power Struggle Between the CollegeBoard and Top Independent Schools Burdens Students With Overwhelming Workloads

Alex Mallory | Posted 10.08.2011

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Alex Mallory

The disconnect between course and standardized test content is the product of a power struggle between private high schools (and many public schools as well) and the College Board.

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Unigo.com Expert Network: The Dreaded College Rejection Letter, What Can You Do?

Unigo | Posted 05.28.2011

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Unigo

High school seniors across the country will be receiving their college admissions letters this week, and with the dramatic increase in the number of applications this year many can expect to get the dreaded "thin envelope."

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The College Insider: Admissions Freak-Out Countdown #14: Much Ado About What Felt Like Something at the Time

Karen Stabiner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Financial Aid, College, Wait-List, Anxiety, College Admissions, The College Insider, The Balanced Life, College Acceptance Letter, Rejection Letter, College Tips, Acceptance Letter, Financial Aid Advice, College Admission, College Acceptance, Healthy Living News
Karen Stabiner

Getting into college - any one of the colleges on your list, even the bottom-feeders, which suddenly don't look all that bad, right? - restores your equilibrium, at least temporarily.

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The High Cost of a Brand Name College

Jenifer Fox | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jenifer Fox

Since 1983, U.S. News & World Report has changed the way parents and students choose institutions of higher education, so that a college degree is only as good as its brand name.

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