Not Your Average Admissions Blog clarifies what a Liberal Arts education is. In brief, “A liberal arts education refers to a course of study that provides general knowledge and develops general intellectual reasoning and analytical capabilities rather than professional, vocational, or technical skills. A liberal arts curriculum incorporates studies in languages, philosophy, literature, history, and sciences.”
Archive for August, 2008
What does “Liberal Arts” mean, anyway?
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Campus tours on DVD
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008Collegiate Choice offers DVDs of many colleges’ campus tours. If you think Collegiate Choice’s website looks rather amateur, you’re right: “Our videos are simple, non-promotional recordings of the student-guided campus tour at over 350 colleges and universities across the United States, Canada and Europe. They are not professionally produced. Guidance counselors, not commercial film makers, are doing the recordings.”
Collegiate Choice’s DVDs may be a good choice for students and families wanting to get a quick, affordable, and unbiased look at a particular college before deciding to book a full-fledged visit or submit an application.
Most popular schools for Jewish students
Friday, August 22nd, 2008The Union for Reform Judaism has just released its RJ Insider’s Guide to College Life (PDF). “While similar to the annual US News & World Report college edition, the RJ Insider’s Guide to College Life ranks schools by popularity with Jewish students and provides information on each of the 60 schools’ Jewish offerings–Jewish fraternities and sororities on campus, Jewish studies programs, Jewish worship and more–rather than concentrating on educational criteria used by the Report.”
ACT deadline approaching
Monday, August 18th, 2008Quick reminder: August 22 is the late registration deadline for the ACT given on September 13.
Depression, mental health, and college
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008Newsweek reports that a growing number of college students seem to be facing mental health issues, and colleges are struggling to meet their needs.
Advice on extracurriculars
Monday, August 11th, 2008CEO mum offers advice on choosing extracurricular activities:
- Truly enjoy what you do
- Excel at it
- Choose an unusual extracurricular
- Take important life lessons from it
- Think outside the box
University of Florida named top party school
Friday, August 1st, 2008According to CNN, the University of Florida Gators have been named the #1 party school.