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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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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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College Rankings: A Weird Beauty Contest

on September 13, 2011 in College rankings, Colleges, Evaluating Schools, Ivy League, Liberal Arts Colleges, Research, Universities

As many of you know, I’m not a fan of US News and World Report’s college rankings even though I write a college blog for the magazine. The methodology is flawed and the rankings sponsor does not try to measure what kind of education students receive at their schools. What I find even more troubling [...]

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What Is a Research University?

on May 6, 2011 in California universities, Colleges, Evaluating Schools, Ivy League, Liberal Arts Colleges, Research, Universities

In my last blog post I complained that too many high school students pick schools based primarily on size. And most of these students only want to look at schools that are large. Here is where I vented: Do You Know the Difference Between A College and University? What’s more important, I argued, is a [...]

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Getting Rejected by Harvard

on April 1, 2011 in Admission practices, Admissions, Applying

The Ivy League schools sent out their acceptance letters this week and most students who had dreamed of going to these universities and other highly selective schools are disappointed. I’m going to share the experience of one highly accomplished girl during this admission season to illustrate why you need to cast a wide net when [...]

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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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