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Should You Blow the Budget for Cornell?

on April 12, 2012 in College Costs, Colleges, Financial aid, Ivy League, Money, Universities

If you don’t have the cash, is an Ivy League school or any other university that the college rankings gods worship worth the cost? Affluent families have been asking me that lately. Yesterday afternoon, for instance, I got a call from a dad in Maryland, who wanted my opinion about the three schools on his [...]

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What’s Wrong With College Dream Lists

on April 4, 2012 in Admissions, Applying, California universities, Colleges, Ivy League, Universities

I recently took a look at The Princeton Review’s latest lists of America’s most popular dream colleges and I immediately saw a problem. Before I explain why, check out the dream colleges that teenagers and parents cited most often. Teenagers’ Dream Colleges Stanford University Harvard University New York University Princeton University Massachusetts Institute of Technology [...]

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Colleges and Universities That Cheat

on February 2, 2012 in College rankings, Colleges, Ivy League, Liberal Arts Colleges, Research

Claremont McKenna College recently announced that it had been sending inflated SAT scores to US News since 2005. According to news accounts, the vice president and dean of admissions admitted inflating the scores and resigned. The college’s critical reading scores were inflated by an average of 17 points and the math scores were bumped up [...]

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Where Every Week Is Finals Week

on December 19, 2011 in Academic quality, Admissions, College readiness, Grades, Ivy League, Parents

Last week our son Ben called the house wanting to know if we wanted to Skype. We usually call him every Sunday to find out how he’s doing so whenever he contacts us it’s a big surprise. His primary reason for calling was to share with us how hard he was studying for his math [...]

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The Myth of the Ivy League

on October 31, 2011 in Academic quality, Academics, Colleges, Ivy League, Universities

Do you need to graduate from an Ivy League school or other ultra elite college to earn the highest salaries? Many families believe that graduates who can put Princeton or Yale on their resume will fare significantly better financially than smart students who end up earning their degrees from elsewhere. In a famous study, two [...]

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20 Surprising Statistics about College Students

on October 3, 2011 in Colleges, Community colleges, Ivy League

NOTE: I will be giving an all-day college workshop for parents of teenagers on Saturday Oct. 15 at the University of California, San Diego, that will focus on empowering parents and teenagers to make smart decisions on selecting colleges and making them more affordable. You can learn much more by visiting my landing page devoted [...]

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