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How Hard Is It To Get Into College?

How Hard Is It To Get Into College?

on November 21, 2011 in Academic quality, Admission practices, Admissions, Applying

Do you assume that most teenagers face lousy odds of getting accepted into a good college? Lots of families believe that the admission process is stacked heavily against applicants, but this isn’t true. I largely blame the media’s obsessive coverage of the most elite universities for that misconception. A new report from the College Board, [...]

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A Law Professor's Take on College Admissions

on June 4, 2010 in Admission practices, Admissions, College Costs, Money

Does anybody else use Google Alert to see what other people are saying about you? I confess I do. I have Google alert me if someone mentions me or my college blogs on the Internet. And that’s how I stumbled across a post written by Tom Smith, a law professor, at a blog called, The [...]

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Why High School Counselors Don't Know Much About College

on January 7, 2010 in Admissions, College readiness, Financial aid, High school counselors, Money, Research

Is your teenager’s high school counselor an expert on college? Probably not. In fact, the odds are high that your counselor’s knowledge about college admission strategies, standardized testing and scholarships is limited.  Ironically during this period of skyrocketing college costs, financial aid is often the subject that high school counselors know the least about. Many [...]

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Record College Enrollment, SAT Strategies and More

on November 1, 2009 in Evaluating Schools, SAT/ACT, Scholarships

As usual, I am sharing college blog posts that I wrote last week for CBSMoneyWatch.com. It was a crazy week since I flew to Minneapolis to give a couple of speeches on college strategies. Record College Enrollment: Why You Shouldn’t Worry New figures were just released that indicate that more young adults are enrolled in [...]

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College Roundup: Playing Poker, Free College Advice & Admission Cheat Sheat

on October 18, 2009 in Admissions, College Costs, Financial aid

As usual, I’m sharing with you the posts that I wrote for my college blog for CBSMoneyWatch.com last week.  It was challenging for me to get them done because my son and I were traveling in the Midwest looking at colleges for the last time. Here are my three most recent posts: Want to Succeed [...]

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Here's Hope for the "C" Student

on August 21, 2009 in Admissions, College readiness, Other

I read a story in The Wall Street Journall this week, which should make “B” and “C” students hopeful. Universities have traditionally based their college admission decisions primarily on a student’s grades and test scores. But some school, including Tufts University, Boston College and DePaul University, are now eager to evaluate applicants on noncognitive traits [...]

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