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The UC Board of Regents approved a change to the University’s admission policy that will affect current high school students graduating in 2012 and beyond. The new policy requires the same number of “a-g” courses and the same GPA as current policy.
The two key differences are:
1. These changes will not change the way students prepare [...]
Over the past few years there has been more and more talk and research about “Helicopter Parents” a term given to parents that tend to hover over their child, never giving the child full control of their educational life. Wikipedia defines helicopter parents as “a parent who pays extremely close attention to his or her [...]
Let’s face the fact that financial aid can make or break a decision about attending a particular institution. Here are ten questions that I recently read about from the latest HECA e-newsletter that you can ask an admission officer about financial aid before making an informed decision:
1. What is the average four-year graduation rate? What [...]
I remember some of my high school friends asking what’s the point of going to college in the early 1990s. Many of them wanted to skip college and continue being a teen-ager forever. Where are they now?
COMPLETING a college education is important for many reasons. First, a graduate from a four-year university can expect to [...]
The Ivory Tower is not immune to a recession. Across America, small colleges, brand name schools, and public universities are being affected by lost jobs, the stock market downward spiral, budget cuts, and drops in their endowments. In order to keep financial aid available for families that need it, schools are going through hiring freezes, [...]
With over 3500 colleges and universities across the United States, not to mention the numbers around the globe, the possibilities for higher education are almost infinite. But how do you determine which is really the “right one” for you?
Seniors - and in some case juniors and sophomores - already have been receiving publications from a [...]
In about a month, high school seniors will return for their final year of high school. They’ll be pressured to excel in their grades, perform well on SATs, and stay involved with outside activities. Many will begin the college search and feel as if they need to apply to and get into a brand name [...]
Now is the time to do a “self-assessment” for applying to U.S. universities. A few key questions suffice:
1. Have you taken the TOEFL (if English is not your first language)? Have you taken the SATs?
2. Have you identified your academic interest? The geographic region of appeal? The location – urban, suburban, rural, small town? The [...]
Students and/or their parents dread filling out the long list of questions to apply/reapply for financial aid from the government every year. Well, the current administration is hoping that’ll be a thing of the past.
The government is changing FAFSA questions this January for many reasons (read here for the WSJ article). The two main reasons [...]
There are also fully accredited U.S. Colleges located outside of the United States and fully recognized in the United States and in other countries. These are founded upon the American model of liberal arts education. Not only do these universities enroll U.S. citizens, the majority of students enrolled at these American accredited universities hold passports [...]