Inside Higher Ed recently put together a group of 24 Admissions professionals (see end of article for the list) to write a letter with tips for College-Bound Students and their Parents. Here is the letter they recently published: There are few times more exciting to work on a college campus than the start of a Read More
The parents of today’s college applicants applied to college in the 1980s and early 1990s. Those were the days when being a well-rounded student was the ticket to a highly selective college. Two varsity sports, a summer job and participation in a few clubs were the activities of a successful applicant. Having a passion was Read More
I get it, I’m a few years past sending my kids off to college. But, have things really changed that much? It seems so when I hear stories about what some families are doing. A neighbor’s daughter is about to be a freshman at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. She is very excited about attending, although Read More
Gradually, it’s been getting increasingly more difficult for B students to gain admission to Michigan State University, one of the state’s flagship institutions, and one school that has prided itself on not being moderately selective (71 percent acceptance rate this year.) This year’s freshman class high school average GPA is 3.75 and average SAT score Read More
With recession fears mounting, millions of Americans are beginning to wonder if their jobs could weather an economic downturn. PayScale, a provider of salary, benefits and compensation data, recently identified five jobs in five industries it thinks could withstand the inevitable job cuts that come with a recession: 1: Cloud computing: Median Pay $126K Cloud computing Read More
The One for Two Education Foundation is seeking highly motivated applicants of accredited U.S. four-year colleges and universities. For the 2019 academic year the Foundation made grants to a diverse group of ten scholars who attended both public and private high schools from seven states. Grants of up to $25,000 per academic year were made Read More
Do you put much stock in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings? Colleges annually tout them when they are highly ranked. Others say they don’t mean much at all. If you do refer to them there are a few changes that were added to their just released 2020 rankings you should know about: Read More
Marry the right person Buffett made his fortune through smart investing, but if you ask him about the most important decision he ever made, it would have nothing to do with money. The biggest decision of your life, Buffett says, is who you choose to marry. “You want to associate with people who are the Read More
Jeff Schiffman of Tulane University wrote a nice list of tips your High School Juniors should do now. Here are the 10 tips: 1) Your coursework and grades matter the most in this process. Stellar ACT and SAT scores can give you a big boost, but at the end of the day, the grades you Read More
When getting a degree is seen as a moral obligation, families will spend whatever it takes. Everyone knows that higher education is expensive. The average annual price tag for attending a private, four-year American college is now around $50,000. To pay that, most students receive some combination of financial aid and loans, but schools expect Read More
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