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The College Insider: Admissions Freakout Countdown #5: The Application Essay - Whose Life Is It, Anyway?

Karen Stabiner | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: College Essays, Application Essay, College Admissions, High School, Admissions Countdown, The College Insider, Karen Stabiner, Living News
Karen Stabiner

No one is going to accept a college applicant who writes like a dream about a topic no other applicant thought of if the kid's test scores, GPA, and course profile aren't competitive.

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Reconsidering Favoritism In College Admissions

The Atlantic | James Warren | Posted 10.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: University of Illinois, Nepotism, College Admissions, Ethics, University of Illinois Clout List, University of Illinois Admissions Scandal, Bono, Chicago News

Indeed, the whole business of admissions is touchy and what can pass for scandal in modern media has surrounded the University of Illinois in recent m...

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The College Insider: Admissions Freak Out Countdown #3: The Squeeze Play - Early Decision, Budget Cuts, And No Vacancy Signs

Karen Stabiner | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Higher Education, University of California, California Budget Crisis, College Admissions, Early Decision, Admissions Freakout Countdown, Karen Stabiner, The College Insider, Living News
Karen Stabiner

Early applicants take up as much as 25 percent of an incoming class. If you're the kind of person who buys movie tickets on-line so you can choose the best seat, you know that the later it gets, the fewer options you have.

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Ithaca College Offers $10K For Deferred Enrollment After Accepting 250 Extra Students

nypost.com | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Applying to College, Ithaca College, College Admissions, The SAT, Undergraduate Admissions, Ithaca New York, College-Acceptance-Rate, Deferred Enrollment, High School Graduation, New York, Ithaca College Undergraduate Admissions, New York News

An upstate New York college is paying some students not to go to school this year. After Ithaca College saw enrollment decline last year, it adjusted...

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The College Insider: Admissions Freak-Out Countdown #2: SAT Prep, The Good, The Bad, And The Goofy

Karen Stabiner | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

Read More: College Tuition, Sat Prep, Sudoku, College Admissions, Gender, The College Insider, The Balanced Life, Karen Stabiner, Living News
Karen Stabiner

Test-taking strategies: If there's a consensus on anything, it's that your child doesn't want to spend valuable time reading the instructions for the first time on the day of the test. Before you pay for sample tests in a room at a prep center, or proctored by a tutor, consider a few free sample tests at home.

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Education in Chicago: Reason to Cheer: Common Sense About Schools From Thinking Observers

Bill Sweetland | Posted 09.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Urban Schools, Arne Duncan, Lincoln Smith, University of Chicago, Helicopter Parents, Remedial Instruction, Two-Year Colleges, Barack Obama, College Admissions, School Reform, Admission Essays, Joseph Bauers, Jim Edgar, Bill Daley, College Essays, Chicago News
Bill Sweetland

Get rid of the college admissions essay. We'll thwart those odious helicopter parents. We know they're helping their pampered offspring cheat their way into Princeton.

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The College Insider: Admissions Freak-Out Countdown#1: The College Counselor Appointment

Karen Stabiner | Posted 09.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Sat Scores, High School, Education, College Counselor, College Admissions, The College Insider, Karen Stabiner, Living News
Karen Stabiner

I've been right where you're standing, waiting outside the college counselor's office for that first appointment of your child's senior year, trying and failing to balance absolute pride and abject panic. Let me clarify one thing before you get started: From here on in, nothing is as it seems.

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College Admissions Tours: 5 Helpful Tips For Parents

Ann Leary | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Education, Parenting, Humor, College Admissions, Students, Children, College, College Tour, Living News
Ann Leary

Hands on laps. No talking, no eye contact. Follow the example of your kids. Just sign in and follow the leader of the tour. Then go online. It's all there.

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Is Reality TV Hurting the Integrity of Community Service?

Carolyn Rubenstein | Posted 08.23.2009 | Living

Read More: NYC Prep, Harvard, College Admissions, Community Service, Reality TV, Perseverance, Non-Profits, High School, Carolyn Rubenstein, The Giving Life, Living News
Carolyn Rubenstein

I watch [NYC Prep] purely for the entertainment value it offers, but I've become upset with how the series devalues community service; it's used merely as a pawn to ensure entry into an elite school.

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Alternate College Rankings

Tasha Gordon-Solmon | Posted 08.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, US News College Rankings, US News College Rankings Process, Saved by the Bell, Stansbury University, US News & World Report, Worthington University, Dawson's Creek, University of California at Sunnydale, College Admissions, College Tours, College Admissions Craze, College Rankings, Comedy News
Tasha Gordon-Solmon

Fretting about college? Here are three schools that offer world-class educations, but have significantly decreased in popularity in the last decade.

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Quinn To Investigate University Of Illinois Admissions

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 07.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: University of Illinois, College Admissions, Pat Quinn, Clout College, Abner Mikva, Joseph White, University of Illnois Clout Admissions, U of I Clout, U of I Admissions, Illinois Admissions Review Commission, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- A former federal judge is heading an independent state commission investigating the University of Illinois for admitting politically c...

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College Crunch Time: Dreams, Decisions, Drama

Darryle Pollack | Posted 05.13.2009 | Living

Read More: College Admissions, Parenting, Ups, Harvard, College, Living News
Darryle Pollack

College crunch time is bad enough for a kid. It's far worse as a parent. Nothing hurts more than when your kid is rejected -- whether by a 4 year old on the playground or by Harvard.

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Full Paying College Students Favored By Struggling Colleges

New York Times | KATE ZERNIKE | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: College Students, College Admissions, College Endowment, Economic Recession, College, Economy, College Tuition, College Endowments, Recession, Business News

In the bid for a fat envelope this year, it may help, more than usual, to have a fat wallet. Facing fallen endowments and needier students, many co...

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Women Changing China and the World: Modern-Day Lessons from a Foot-Binding Foe

Debora L. Spar | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Mao, Women's Issues, Barnard College, Chinese-American, Ruby Yang, College Admissions, Kang Tongbi, Asian-Americans, Water Cube, Chinese Women, Women's Health, Yang Lan, Yan Geling, China, Foot-Binding, Wu Qing, Asia, World News
Debora L. Spar

From my perch at Barnard College, I see an extraordinary generation of young women grappling with new ideas about feminism and new views of women's power and leadership.

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Why Selective Colleges--and Outstanding Students--Should Become Less Selective

Barry Schwartz | Posted 04.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Competition, College Admissions, Education, Living News
Barry Schwartz

So we are collectively engaged in a college admission "arms race" that is almost a complete social waste.

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The Truth About School Reputation: Knowing What You're Getting Yourself Into

Kat Cohen | Posted 03.28.2009 | Style

Read More: Former Admissions Officers, NYU Protest, Admissions Help, Take Back NYU, Help With Applications, College Admissions Process, Admissions Experts, Admissions Consultants, Admissions Guidance, College Admissions, Getting Into College Help Applying to College, College Applications, Style News
Kat Cohen

At the very least, I beseech students to research the school's policy on housing, tuition refunds, and terms for expulsion prior to participating in a protest.

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The Truth About College Rankings: Who is Really #1?

Kat Cohen | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: College Admissions, Ivywise, Applywise, College Admissions Craze, Ivy League, College Rankings, University, College Students, Notre Dame, Boston University, US News College Rankings, College, US News & World Report, Admissions Officers, Admissions, Georgetown, Living News
Kat Cohen

There is no real "top 50 colleges": this zero-sum game of rankings renders meaningless. Students must examine a college's philosophy, environment, and academic offerings themselves.

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My Most Over-the-Top Moment as a Mother

Marilyn M. Machlowitz | Posted 12.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Fencing, Mother, Hover Geneartion, Mothering, Hover Mother, Ivy League, High School, Parenting, Help Applying to College, College Admissions, Living News
Marilyn M. Machlowitz

When my daughter's fencing coach moved to Seattle, I was beside myself. How, I worried, could she explain on her college applications why she stopped fencing senior year?

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The Truth About Getting In: Knowing Your "Battleground" Colleges

Kat Cohen | Posted 12.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Former Admissions Officers, College Admissions, Admissions Help, Ivywise, Applywise, Ivy League, College Admissions Craze, Competition for Ivy League, Election Results, Living News
Kat Cohen

With a record number of students graduating in Spring 2009, combined with a depressed economy, colleges will be flooded with applications.

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What Palin and Obama Have in Common: The Truth About Finding the Right College the First Time

Kat Cohen | Posted 11.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Barak Obama, Former Admissions Officers, Getting Into College, Admissions Help, Help With Applications, Help Applying to College, College Admissions Process, Admissions Experts, Admissions Consultants, College Admissions, Admissions Guidance, Sarah Palin, College Applications, Living News
Kat Cohen

On average, the US Department of Education estimates that nearly 60% of American college students attend more than one college before they graduate with a bachelor's degree.

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College Testing: Time to Take a Deep Breath

Jerry Lucido | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living

Read More: College Students, Sat, College Admissions, Act, Colleges, Students, Universities, Living News
Jerry Lucido

As if the world's financial turmoil isn't enough, many students and their parents have the added anxiety of college applications and testing this fall. Fortunately, a new report on the use of those tests may let them breathe a little easier.

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The Truth About Cheating Your Way to Standardized Test Success

Kat Cohen | Posted 11.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Former Admissions Officers, Bill Maher, Getting Into College, Admissions Help, Help With Applications, Help Applying to College, College Admissions Process, Admissions Experts, Admissions Consultants, College Admissions, Admissions Guidance, College Applications, ACT Cheating, Cheating Consequences, Hired Stand-in SAT, Cheating, SAT Cheating, Living News
Kat Cohen

I ask merely that teens taking the test receive some kind of punishment that any high school or college student would if caught lying to a professor, cheating on an exam or plagiarizing a paper.

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Green College "Honor Roll:" Which Schools Made The Grade?

Huffington Post | Posted 08.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green, College Admissions, Green Living, Green Colleges, Andy Revkin, Sustainable University, Princeton Review, Green News

The green movement seems to be relocating to college campuses across the nation. The 2009 edition of the Princeton Review's "Best 368 Colleges" develo...

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The Anxiety Business

Eliot Schrefer | Posted 07.20.2008 | Living

Read More: College Admissions, Education, Sat Prep, College Board Sat, College Board, College, Cost of Higher Education, SAT Testing, College Admissions Craze, Sat Tutors, Higher Education, SAT's, Living News
Eliot Schrefer

The College Board is both in the business of test administration and test prep. If this feels inherently unfair, it should -- it's like a doctor whacking your knee with a sledgehammer and then offering to patch you up.

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Recession Special- The Truth About Affording The Rising Cost of College (Part II)

Kat Cohen | Posted 08.25.2008 | Home

Read More: College Admissions, College Loans and Debt, Ivywise, College, Economy, Applywise, Ivy League, Competition for Ivy League, Ivy League Schools, College Tuition, Student Loans, Home News
Kat Cohen

So, what will college ultimately cost? You must make yourself aware of even the smallest expenditures (which, when combined, make for one very large e...

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