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A Great Resource for Researching Colleges

on July 8, 2011 in Colleges, Evaluating Schools, Liberal Arts Colleges, Research

Summer is a great time to research schools. So today I want to share a great online resource to help you evaluate colleges. It’s called COLLEGEdata. COLLEGEdata can provide a ton of information on any college. I think it’s more indepth than what you can find by heading to the College Board and accessing a [...]

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When Should You Start Visiting Colleges?

on June 16, 2011 in Admission practices, Admissions, Evaluating Schools, Parents, Research

When should families start visiting colleges? A parent recently asked me that question and I’m going to respond by sharing the advice of Kris Hintz, a very smart college consultant in New Jersey, who addresses this issue in her upcoming book – the title is still not firmed up or I would share it. Kris [...]

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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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How Much Time Will You Spend Researching Colleges?

on October 12, 2010 in College Costs, Evaluating Schools, Research

Zillow, the website that can estimate how much your house is worth, released a survey earlier this year that suggested that Americans only spend five hours researching mortgages. Americans devote about the same amount of time planning vacations. It’s significantly less time than the 10 hours that consumers devote to buying a car. That made [...]

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How Many Hours Does It Take to Research Colleges?

on May 18, 2010 in Academic quality, Academics, Evaluating Schools, Research

Zillow, where you can find out how much your house is worth, has released a survey that suggests that Americans only spend five hours researching mortgages. That’s the same amount of time that Americans spend planning vacations. It’s significantly less time than the 10 hours that consumers devote to buying a car, which is obviously [...]

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Attending College Close to Home

on September 29, 2009 in College readiness, Evaluating Schools, Universities

When it comes to checking out colleges, I’m a big believer in casting a wide net. Look at big, small, public and private institutions. And check out schools that aren’t in your time zone. Most families don’t do this. The vast majority of students never look beyond the public universities in their own state and [...]

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