Every college applicant wants to stand out, but in your students efforts to show what makes them distinctive they need to make sure they don’t end up blending in. The U.K.’s college admissions service Ucas recently analyzed the personal statements in more than 700,000 application forms to come up with a top 10 of the Read More
I recently came across a report detailed report for a study conducted last year by the Center on Education and the Workforce which is an independent, nonprofit research and policy institute affiliated with the University of Georgetown. This report was conducted last year and titled: “State Online College Job Market” The report analyzed job openings Read More
The Center for Public Education just released the third and final part of their Path Least Taken Series They conducted the research because they noticed a lot of attention and resources had been poured into making sure students graduated ready to enter college, but not necessarily the workforce. Here is the link to Part 1: Read More
Money recently published 9 mistakes that can hurt students chances for more financial aid. Here is a summary of those mistakes: 1: Getting the name of the college wrong: Seriously this isn’t a joke. Many students don’t proofread what they send. This is a must. 2. Sending their deposit too soon: Once your students had Read More
I was reading last week’s cover story in Barron’s on Byron Wien who has been a top Wall Street strategist for more than 50 years and something he said pointed out how High School Counselors can have a life long impact on the future of some of the nations brightest people. At 83, Mr. Wien Read More
There are many reasons why students find the mathematics on standardized tests difficult, but the one I’d like to focus on here––the phrasing of the questions––rarely gets mentioned. It turns out that a little knowledge about how the ACT constructs and words its questions can go a long way in helping students improve their ACT Read More
The National Association of College and University Business Officers recently released it’s annual survey which doesn’t paint a pretty financial picture for Private Colleges according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. According to the survey, private colleges’ discount rate — or the average amount of tuition revenue they devote to financial aid through grants — Read More
Money recently reported on 3 ways students can get into a college that rejected them. Many times your students hearts will be set on attending a specific college. Possibly because their best friend is going there, their parent(s) went there or for some other reason. They shouldn’t despair. There are opportunities to attend their college Read More
Great news for your students and their families! Student-interest rates are tied to the high yield rate of 10-year treasury notes. This year’s auction set those rates at 1.71 percent. This means that the rate on undergraduate Stafford loans will drop from 4.29 percent to 3.76 percent for the 2016-17 academic year. The rate for Read More
Many students decided they want to go to College Out-of-State. In fact my son was accepted to several colleges locally in Texas but after visiting Louisiana State University decided that was the College for him. Luckily he had a partial scholarship which offset some of the cost of going out-of-state but he is still paying Read More
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