Comments for Tam Warner Minton's College Adventures Blog http://collegeadventures.net/blog Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:44:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Dirty Secrets of College Rankings by Tam Warner Minton http://collegeadventures.net/blog/2010/08/29/dirty-secrets-college-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-2060 Tam Warner Minton Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:44:31 +0000 http://collegeadventures.net/blog/?p=2934#comment-2060 hey Steph! I completely and totally agree with you. Sarah Lawrence experienced the same thing when they "opted out" of the ranking game. And game it is. I've done several blogs on the folly of the ranking game. Thanks for commenting! I love Reed! hey Steph! I completely and totally agree with you. Sarah Lawrence experienced the same thing when they “opted out” of the ranking game. And game it is. I’ve done several blogs on the folly of the ranking game. Thanks for commenting! I love Reed!

]]> Comment on Dirty Secrets of College Rankings by Stephanie http://collegeadventures.net/blog/2010/08/29/dirty-secrets-college-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-2059 Stephanie Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:36:48 +0000 http://collegeadventures.net/blog/?p=2934#comment-2059 Hey Tam! Did you know that Reed College (my place) opted out of U.S. News & World Report because they thought it was a ridiculous way to do things? There's an article about it on the Reed website, I think. Anyways, when we refused to participate, our ratings went down. A lot. As in, we were originally in the top ten, I believe. Anyways, the reasoning behind not participating was that ratings are based on a ton of statistics that colleges manipulate, often in misleading ways, in order to make themselves look good while neglecting things that really matter. And that's what people are basing their college decisions on. Which is, I'd say, kind of silly. So I'm with Reed on College Rankings as a whole- pfft, I say. Hey Tam! Did you know that Reed College (my place) opted out of U.S. News & World Report because they thought it was a ridiculous way to do things? There’s an article about it on the Reed website, I think. Anyways, when we refused to participate, our ratings went down. A lot. As in, we were originally in the top ten, I believe. Anyways, the reasoning behind not participating was that ratings are based on a ton of statistics that colleges manipulate, often in misleading ways, in order to make themselves look good while neglecting things that really matter. And that’s what people are basing their college decisions on. Which is, I’d say, kind of silly. So I’m with Reed on College Rankings as a whole- pfft, I say.

]]> Comment on College Graduation rates by shorter university http://collegeadventures.net/blog/2010/03/03/college-graduation-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-2035 shorter university Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:19:57 +0000 http://collegeadventures.net/blog/?p=2205#comment-2035 How unfortunate. This only goes to show that the government should focus more effort in revitalizing our education system. Thanks for informing the rest of us. How unfortunate. This only goes to show that the government should focus more effort in revitalizing our education system.
Thanks for informing the rest of us.

]]> Comment on Investing in Education makes Economic sense by shorter university http://collegeadventures.net/blog/2010/03/01/investing-education-economic-sense/comment-page-1/#comment-2034 shorter university Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:26:20 +0000 http://collegeadventures.net/blog/?p=2219#comment-2034 There is obviously a very practical reason for this. Investing in education creates ideal minds. Minds that can be used to generate businesses and hence creates jobs.Thanks for posting this bit. There is obviously a very practical reason for this. Investing in education creates ideal minds. Minds that can be used to generate businesses and hence creates jobs.Thanks for posting this bit.

]]> Comment on Do You Choose a Career or Does a Career Choose You? by South University Richmond http://collegeadventures.net/blog/2010/06/08/choose-career-career-choose/comment-page-1/#comment-2010 South University Richmond Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:23:48 +0000 http://collegeadventures.net/blog/?p=2776#comment-2010 It is hard to get a job nowadays but that shouldn't make you lose hope on finding one. Set standards while looking for the best career that is handed to you. Let that career find you easier by 1.posting your resume in joblisting sites 2.tell it in social networks (you might have friends or relatives that might help you). Go to the interviews. You never really know what is good for you unless opportunity shows it to you. It is hard to get a job nowadays but that shouldn’t make you lose hope on finding one. Set standards while looking for the best career that is handed to you. Let that career find you easier by 1.posting your resume in joblisting sites 2.tell it in social networks (you might have friends or relatives that might help you). Go to the interviews. You never really know what is good for you unless opportunity shows it to you.

]]> Comment on THE BIG SHAGGY: a defense of the liberal arts by Lyn http://collegeadventures.net/blog/2010/06/09/big-shaggy-defense-liberal-arts/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 Lyn Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:45:30 +0000 http://collegeadventures.net/blog/?p=2789#comment-1991 Love the article AND the gorgeous photo!! Love the article AND the gorgeous photo!!

]]> Comment on Princeton Review “curbs” their score increase claims by Alexis Avila http://collegeadventures.net/blog/2010/05/13/princeton-review-curbs-score-increase-claims/comment-page-1/#comment-1875 Alexis Avila Wed, 19 May 2010 16:15:02 +0000 http://collegeadventures.net/blog/?p=2694#comment-1875 Score guarantees have always been misleading. You can prepare a student as best you can, but still can't control how a student will perform on test day. Tutors need to simply prepare students with valuable test content, offer them helpful test taking strategies, instill in them confidence to succeed, and keep their mouths shut about guarantees. Alexis Avila Founder/President Prepped & Polished Tutoring, College Counseling, Test Prep http://preppedandpolished.com/three-sat-insider- tips/ Score guarantees have always been misleading. You can prepare a student as best you can, but still can’t control how a student will perform on test day. Tutors need to simply prepare students with valuable test content, offer them helpful test taking strategies, instill in them confidence to succeed, and keep their mouths shut about guarantees.
Alexis Avila
Founder/President
Prepped & Polished
Tutoring, College Counseling, Test Prep
http://preppedandpolished.com/three-sat-insider- tips/

]]> Comment on The NEW Lynn University! by Gewinnspiele http://collegeadventures.net/blog/2010/04/26/lynn-university/comment-page-1/#comment-1836 Gewinnspiele Sun, 16 May 2010 21:12:55 +0000 http://collegeadventures.net/blog/?p=2586#comment-1836 hola i'm so pleased that i found this blog. that article was so nice. thanks again i added the rss on this page. are you planning to write similar articles? hola
i’m so pleased that i found this blog. that article was so nice. thanks again i added the rss on this page.
are you planning to write similar articles?

]]> Comment on Travels with Tam: Lake Forest College by Clayton Roche http://collegeadventures.net/blog/2010/04/30/travels-tam-lake-forest-college/comment-page-1/#comment-1705 Clayton Roche Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:26:04 +0000 http://collegeadventures.net/blog/?p=2609#comment-1705 I'm an alum. They say 30 minutes, but it's actually slightly over an hour to get to downtown by train. 30 minutes gets you to Evanston. I’m an alum. They say 30 minutes, but it’s actually slightly over an hour to get to downtown by train. 30 minutes gets you to Evanston.

]]> Comment on Using a College Admissions Consultant by Dan Uechi http://collegeadventures.net/blog/2010/04/13/college-admissions-consultant/comment-page-1/#comment-1550 Dan Uechi Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:28:53 +0000 http://collegeadventures.net/blog/?p=2519#comment-1550 I couldn't agree with you more about finding the perfect fit between student and college. Too many kids (and parents) emphasize school name over fit. We are brought up on the notion that the Ivies are the destination schools, without ever assessing the students educational interests. Too many kids go to the wrong schools for the wrong reasons, then find themselves un-motivated or completely disinterested. Almost 30 years ago, I was fortunate to have found the right fit for college, and I loved every minute of my experience. Great blog! and I'm book marking your website. I couldn’t agree with you more about finding the perfect fit between student and college. Too many kids (and parents) emphasize school name over fit. We are brought up on the notion that the Ivies are the destination schools, without ever assessing the students educational interests. Too many kids go to the wrong schools for the wrong reasons, then find themselves un-motivated or completely disinterested.

Almost 30 years ago, I was fortunate to have found the right fit for college, and I loved every minute of my experience. Great blog! and I’m book marking your website.

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