Are you a visual person? Creative? Always sketching or drawing or coming up with new fonts or characters? Do you enjoy working on the computer? Graphic Design may be something for you to look at. What is Graphic Design? It is all around you: menus, cd covers, book covers, websites, birthday cards, posters, billboards……they are all Graphic Design.
Full Story »Financial Aid Packages: NOT set in stone!
Financial Aid packages are not set in stone! You can “negotiate”, ie, ask for more. In these uncertain economic times, our incomes are not necessarily steady, so if your income for 2009 was less than 2008, request that the financial aid office take your revised income into consideration.
Full Story »UCLA’s Freshman Survey has interesting results
Inside Higher Education reports that students are abandoning business as a college major, according to the UCLA annual Freshman Survey. Students majoring in business down to 14.4%, its lowest level since 1974.
Full Story »Facebook funds Doctoral Fellowships
Facebook is funding fellowships for five Doctoral students for the 2010-11 academic year. The chosen fellows will receive tuition and fees, travel and a $30,000.00 stipend. There are other benefits as well.
Full Story »The Admissions Scam: An article in the Boston Globe
This is an article you will want to read if you are applying to “elite” colleges or universities. Neil Gabler has written an attention grabbing op-ed called The Admissions Scam.
Full Story »Hear from Admission Deans: what makes a great essay?
From the WSJ-Unigo broadcast: Inside the Admissions Office. What makes a great essay? Click here for the video. You can also access Tam’s Essay Blog to read about the Dreaded College essay.
Full Story »Colleges offer new ways to get an early answer!
An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education discusses the new manner in which colleges are offering students faster decision notifications. The usual admission calendar is apply by Jan 1, get an answer April 1.
Full Story »Can Facebook really hurt you in the admission process?
Yes, but is it likely? Probably not. HOWEVER, the possibility is always there. Anything and everything on the web is public. Just ask Tiger Woods how private his text messages are! Inappropriate postings of photos, experiences, etc can damage your chances for jobs, colleges, and anything and everything else.
Full Story »Can a College rescind your admission offer? YES.
Yes, yes, yes. Do they? Yes, 1 in 4 colleges reports that they revoke offers of admission, according to Richard L Nesbitt, Director of Admission at Williams College, the most common reasons are a downturn in your senior grades or a student giving a deposit to more than one college. Watch the WSJ-Unigo video here. You simply must keep up your grades and your behavior throughout the senior year! No getting lazy.
Full Story »Inside the Admissions Office: Can I apply undecided?
Did you know that the vast majority of students (80% plus) change their major at least once while they are in college? Does it matter if you apply to college with a prospective major or undecided? Well, according to the admission deans from Bryn Mawr, Grinnell, Marquette, Princeton, Penn, UVM, Wesleyan and Williams (WSJ-Unigo): it depends. Click here for the video!
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