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You have Your March SAT Scores – What Now?
They’re here! The much-anticipated March SAT scores were released earlier this week. So, what can you make of them? Is your 1200 on the new test better than a 1200 (Critical Reading + Math) on the old, and if so, how much better? True to its promise, the College Board also recently released concordance tables…
What Nonresidents Need to Know About Attending State Universities
Credit: Lynne O’Shaughnessy, The College Solution. (Original Article) If you have to pay nonresident tuition, are public universities worth the price? I think this is a good time to examine this issue since the Princeton Review just released its 2014 best value list of public colleges and universities. The Princeton Review included many state schools…
College Counseling Could Be Better: Just Ask Your School Counselor
Credit: Patrick J O’Conner, The Chronicle of Higher Education The recent wave of college admissions decisions shows more high school seniors applying to more colleges than ever before. This puts top-tier colleges in the position of rejecting more applicants than ever before, inevitably leaving disappointed students and parents to ask “What else could I have…
How To Clean Up Your Social Media for College Applications
Credit: Megan Shuffleton of hercampus.com | Original article: http://www.hercampus.com/high-school/applying-college/how-clean-your-social-media-college-applications?page=3 As members of the infamous Millennial Generation, a lot of us are users of social media websites. And it’s not just Facebook anymore – Twitter, Tumblr, Vine, Instagram and Foursquare are all big names in the social networking world now. While this means it’s easier for us to…
Now Available: 2014 Payscale College ROI Report
A huge part of the college decision process depends on the return investment students will gain after graduating. How exactly would you measure the value of a college education? We recommend using Payscale, a handy, free to access database that gathers data from hundreds of colleges and universities based on their total cost and alumni earnings. For…