Jason Kincaid of Techcrunch.com reports on the offer of free Amazon Prime–essentially, free shipping on Amazon.com purchases–for college students.
Amazon offers free Amazon Prime to college students
August 30th, 2010A downside to high teen self-esteem
August 26th, 2010John Keilman of the Chicago Tribune explores the dangers of high self-esteem among teens today. ”Today’s youths have been praised so much that some flail at their first taste of criticism or failure, experts say.”
International program catches on in U.S. schools
August 23rd, 2010Tamar Lewin of the New York Times reports “the alphabet soup of college admissions is getting more complicated as the International Baccalaureate, or I.B., grows in popularity as an alternative to the better-known Advanced Placement program.”
When a university over-extends admission to their freshman class
August 19th, 2010Jacques Steinberg of the New York Times reports “the University of Iowa extended admission this year to several thousand more applicants than it could accommodate on campus in this fall’s freshman class.”
Students turn to online roommate matching service
August 16th, 2010Isaac Arnsdorf, a writer for the Wall Street Journal, reports students are turning to social media and other online tools to get information about their future roommates or to find a compatible match.
Advice on the transition from applicant to college student
August 12th, 2010Jacques Steinberg, contributor to the New York Times, interviews college deans and counselors for advice on making the transition to college. Steinberg also posts useful advice from a current college sophomore.
Any book is a summer must-read for kids
August 9th, 2010Tara Parker-Pope reports on a study which examines the benefits of allowing students to choose their own books for summer reading. Researcher Anne McGill-Franzen noted ”If those books get them into reading, that has great repercussions for making them smarter….Teachers and middle-class parents undervalue kids’ preferences, but I think we need to give up being so uptight about children’s choices in books.”
Register for the September 11th ACT by August 6th
August 2nd, 2010Remember to register by August 6th to take the ACT on September 11th. Late registration is also available through August 20th. You can sign up online at www.actstudent.org.
What happened to studying?
July 29th, 2010Keith O’Brien, contributor to the Boston Globe, reports “you won’t hear this from the admissions office, but college students are cracking the books less and less. They come with polished resumes and perfect SAT scores. Their grades are often impeccable. Some elite universities will deny thousands of high school seniors with 4.0 grade point averages in search of an elusive quality that one provost called ‘intellectual vitality.’ The perception is that today’s over-achieving, college-driven kids have it–whatever it is. They’re not just groomed; they’re ready. There’s just one problem. On campus, the students aren’t studying.”
Advice on the college interview
July 26th, 2010The Washington Post offers advice on the college interview. ”The point of the interview is to show that you are a good person and that you are polite and interesting and have a sense of humor about yourself and the unnerving admissions process. That means you have to be, as you have been told many times, yourself, which is not so easy in those circumstances.”