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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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4 Ways To Check Out Colleges and Universities

on August 29, 2011 in College rankings, Evaluating Schools, Research

I spent last week urging, some might say browbeating, people to look beyond the most obvious name schools when drawing up a college list. Beyond their local schools, I urged people to look at more than super expensive private East Coast schools, as well as prestigious state flagships that are charging obscene amounts of money [...]

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Looking Beyond Dream Schools for College

on August 25, 2011 in Academic quality, Academics, Colleges, Ivy League, Liberal Arts Colleges, Universities

This week, I’ve been focusing on colleges and universities that are pricey. Here the the posts if you’ve missed them:  Is That Flagship Worth the Price? Attending Expensive East Coast Universities The majority of students limit their college choices to schools within two hours of driving distance, but those who want to look elsewhere tend [...]

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Jump Start Your Search for the Right Colleges

on April 16, 2011 in Admissions, Colleges, Evaluating Schools, Liberal Arts Colleges, Research, Universities

Where do you begin a college search? When you research colleges, you’re going to want to find schools that will provide your teenagers with an excellent education and get them out the door in four years. But how do you even start such a daunting college search? Scattered around my blog, I’ve written plenty about [...]

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The Hazards of Dreaming About Colleges

on March 28, 2011 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying, California universities, Colleges, Ivy League, Liberal Arts Colleges, Universities

This is an excerpt of a post that I wrote for my college blog at CBS MoneyWatch last week after attending the biggest annual college fair in San Diego. You can read the entire post here: What’s Wrong With America’s Dream Colleges When I looked at The Princeton Review’s newly released lists of America’s most [...]

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