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1. Helpful College Admissions Tips
It's fall-senior year of high school. The weather condition is getting ice chest and the amount of school events and activities planned are piling up. Buying social social class rings, preparing for Homecoming and senior class trips are all many pupils can believe about at this time. Despite all the exhilaration and the crushed leather of planning that haps in senior year-no amount of reveling and jubilation can excel the frantic gait of yet another high school senior tradition-applying to colleges. College admittance goes a very existent portion of life that tin sometimes be overwhelming. READ MORE
2. College Admissions Officers: No Longer in Power!
Which school is the best match for me? This is a question that haunts most students going through the college admissions process. Choosing a college is one of the biggest decisions students have to make. What makes a college a good match? Many factors can be mixed and matched in considering which school would be the best fit for each individual student: academic programs, sports programs, social scene, extra-curricular activities, and school credentials. Each student needs to evaluate his or her own personal education needs to make sure the correct choice is made. READ MORE
3. Gender Bias in College Admissions
Inside the ivied halls of higher education, a quiet courtship is taking place. The suitors are admissions directors who seek out qualified males. With women outnumbering men on many campuses, schools use gender bias to adjust a gender imbalance. Some institutions entice men by adding engineering programs or football teams. Others seek out high school boys who take early college-entrance exams. Many make sure that admissions staff include men. READ MORE
4. College Admission Application Tips
Follow these admission tips when filling out and preparing the College Admission Application: Start early - While this won't help your chances of getting in, it will give you plenty of time to prepare and perfect your College Admissions Application. Have a backup plan - Apply to more than one school. You should apply to about 4 or 5 colleges just in case you don't get accepted to your first couple of choices. While everyone wants to go to the best colleges and the most popular, many admission applicants will find that these are some of the hardest to get into. Have a backup plan, such as a community college or other colleges that are easy to get into. READ MORE
5. Gender in College Admissions: Why Women are Often Held to a Higher Standard than Men
U.S. News & World Report ran a story two weeks ago about the "drastically higher" rejection rates women face at many colleges compared to men. This well known fact comes as no shock to those who know the numbers– more females graduate from high school and more of them seek college degrees than do their male counterparts. Their percentage in colleges and universities continues to grow. Alex Kingsbury describes the stats, informing us that "From rough parity in 1980, women made up 57 percent of the 16.6 million American collegegoers in 2006. By 2010, the Department of Education expects the ratio to be around 60 to 40." READ MORE
6. Balancing Mission and Standards
The idea of the perfect student is very alluring to many colleges - their reputation thrives on it. Schools spend hours culling essays, grades, and test scores to find students who will thrive at their universities, make them look good, and possibly give a little something back to their alma mater after graduation. One group of students usually overlooked by college admissions counselors are students with potential not revealed by grades and SAT scores, specifically those who have overcome poverty in order to graduate from high school. READ MORE
7. What Ought to be Driving College Admissions Decisions?
Recently Inside Higher Ed had an article about a study (PDF here) coming out of the University of California on the predictive power of the SAT with respect to grades in college courses. The study, by Saul Geiser and Maria Veronica Santelices at the UC-Berkeley Center for Studies in Higher Education, followed the performance (which is to say, grades) of students at all UC campuses for four years and found that "high school grades are consistently the strongest predictor of any factor of success through four years in college". Indeed, the study found high school grades a stronger predictor of grades past the first year. READ MORE
8. Answers to the 7 Most Common College Admissions Questions
I'll be on the road visiting colleges next week, so in my absence I thought I'd share some previous AdmissionsAdvice.com articles that answer the most common questions student ask about college admissions. I'll return on June 27. 1. What do I need to know about financial aid? Learning the in's and out's of financial aid takes time, but the effort is worth it. The more you know upfront about the process of applying for financial aid, and how it is awarded, the smoother the process is likely to go. To help you get started, I've pulled together 10 of the best financial aid resources on the web that you can use right now. READ MORE
9. College Admissions Essays that Take First Place
Congratulations on your move toward a college degree. And congratulations on seeking support for writing your admissions essay/personal statement. The squeaky motor gets the oil, so you will be slick and running sleekly in a just a few days in plenty of time to submit and relax before transferring from a community college or crossing over from high school to higher learning. While the application and entry process is exciting, it is also rigorously demanding when it comes to writing the prompted essays. READ MORE
10. How to Ace the College Interview
Students are often intimidated by the college interview process because they don't know what they're getting into, nor do they know how best to prepare. College interviews are a great way to demonstrate a student's interest to a college admissions office. The more a student demonstrates his interest in the college the more the college will be interested in a student. Students who demonstrate interest often have a leg up on the competition in the admission pool resulting in a higher probability of acceptance. READ MORE