Archive for the ‘Getting Accepted’ Category

April 13, 2010 | Natalie

Making “The Right” College Decision

My eyes lost focus on my four page list of German vocabulary words as my brain bounced back and forth trying to make a decision. I later explained to my friends that I was sorry I was so tense, but I was experiencing anxiety attacks every ten minutes making it difficult to remember besezt meant [...]

April 13, 2010 | ama83

Earn a Job After Graduation or Your Money Back!

With all the worry about getting a job after graduation, knowing that you can earn a degree and have a guaranteed career sounds like a pretty sweet deal for a lot of students out there. It appears that Lansing Community College in Michigan is guaranteeing their students will find jobs within a year of graduating, [...]

April 12, 2010 | Natalie

Why My Whirlwind College Tour Was So Important

Although memorizing university websites sticks a plethora of post-it-noted facts into your brain, there’s only one sure way to know if you’ll love the college you’re at next fall: college visits. Now, I started making the rounds as a sophomore (anxious much? I know), but junior or senior year is a much more typical time [...]

April 8, 2010 | Natalie

A Guide to High School Service Projects

Senior Service Projects: the final roadblock to graduation. Most high schools require seniors to complete a certain number of community service hours before they’re handed their pretty-ribbon wrapped diploma. When fourth quarter rolls around, though, and students find their projects are still in outline form…well, it’s time to get down to business.
Community projects don’t need [...]

April 6, 2010 | ama83

Is the Drop in College Acceptance a Bad Thing?

The rise in college applications has inevitably led to a drop in acceptance letters – comparatively speaking. Admission departments show that schools like MIT and Brown’s acceptance are down between 9% and 10%, so far. In reality, this really should be no surprise to anyone who knew of the high record of college applications this [...]

April 3, 2010 | Lauren Van Mullem

What Size College is Right for You?

“Do you want to be a big fish in a small pond, or a small fish with room to grow in a big pond?”
That gem of wisdom was one of my father’s, told to me when I was trying to decide whether to go to a large public university or a small private college. Another [...]

March 31, 2010 | Natalie

A High Schooler’s Guide to Conquering the ACT

Still in my pj’s, at ten o’clock on a Monday signals the long awaited beginning of my last high school spring break. As a senior, it really is all down hill to graduation from here. But thinking back a year, I never thought I’d make it this far. Spring for a junior meant the ACT, [...]

March 29, 2010 | Natalie

College Decision Letters: Regular Mail vs. Email

It used to be that the 11×17 watermarked envelope from the college you applied to signaled a “Congratulations”–and a jumping all over the living room shriek–while a standard university envelope meant rejection. This decision means everything to potential college students, but now the envelope has morphed from its traditional state into…email?
Out of the six schools [...]

March 8, 2010 | ama83

Does Anyone Even Notice Where You Went To College?

Whichever career you end up choosing after college does not necessarily mean that you need to start at the fanciest university to earn a lot of money. A recent study (currently being provided on Yahoo!’s headlines) shows that it isn’t the school that ensures a student will earn the most money in the future. Although Harvard, Stanford, and Yale made the list, they are not at the very top of the list. Take a close look at “College Grads: Which Ones Earn the Most?” and you’ll find that your future won’t be wealthy because of the school you attend, but because of the major you pick.

February 27, 2010 | ama83

Are Honor Classes Worth All the Extra Work?

I am not trying to knock honor students or ignore all of their hard work, but I have yet to see how taking honor classes provides any real benefit to a student’s future.

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