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Spotlight on Scripps College
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:04:00 +0800
For the first (but not last) time, the spotlight turns to one of the country's excellent women's colleges. Scripps College fosters a cooperative but rigorous learning environment for its...
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Eating Eyeballs: A Quirky Admission Essay
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:57:00 +0800
It's a misconception among many college applicants that they need to have discovered a new superconductor or lost a family member to cancer in order to have a topic worthy...
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Spotlight on St. Olaf College
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:34:00 +0800
For this week's college spotlight, we turn to the northern town of Northfield, Minnesota, home of St. Olaf College. Northfield is probably best known for its other college --...
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Should Students State Their Race on College Applications?
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:35:00 +0800
Whether you approve or not, race is often a factor in the college admissions process. Many colleges believe that undergraduate education is more rewarding and valuable when the student body...
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Spotlight on Sarah Lawrence College
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:10:00 +0800
For the past couple of weeks I've focused on great public universities in the south. Today I'm heading back north to look at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York....
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The Power of a Gap Year
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:42:00 +0800
A couple months ago I wrote about the option of a gap year, a year between high school and college spent gaining experience and developing skills. Recently Lauren Clark described...
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Spotlight on the University of Georgia Honors Program
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:39:00 +0800
This week's featured college isn't really a college, but the Honors Program at the University of Georgia. The idea behind the honors program is simple -- take highly motivated students...
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New SAT Score Reporting Policy
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:55:00 +0800
Beginning in the winter of 2009, you'll be able to choose which SAT scores get sent to colleges. In many ways, this doesn't change the college admissions process because most...
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Spotlight on the University of Montevallo
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:14:00 +0800
State universities don't always have 40,000 students, NCAA Division I football teams and classrooms where you need binoculars to see the professor. Today's spotlight shines on the University of Montevallo,...
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Is the SAT a Valid Exam?
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:41:00 +0800
On Tuesday, June 17th, the College Board released the first validity studies of the redesigned SAT exam. One study looks at the overall ability of the exam to predict student...
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