Writer Ellen Richards of Examiner.com gives tips on surviving the college crunch during the last leg of your senior year. Here are a few of her tips to surviving the month of April:
Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Angel B. Pérez, the director of admission at Pitzer College in Claremont, shares the joys and pains of accepting and denying admissions to many qualified students. Get insight into her thinking as she explains the denial of one student and the acceptance of another.
Smart Money magazine offers their guide to comparing financial aid awards, including the following tips:
Get college admissions tips from Leigh Weisenburger, a 27-year old associate dean of admission at Bates College in Maine. Weisenburger addresses how to make the most of your college visits, what to focus on in high school, and what to ask in a college interview.
The New York Times reports that the recession is having little impact on the number of applicants to the country’s top colleges, or on the applicant’s chances of getting in. The number of students receiving admission offers is expected to hit record lows. For the Class of 2013,
However, “applications to highly selective colleges were not up universally. Many of the best-known liberal arts colleges had fewer applications this year”–perhaps because parents are less inclined to spend top dollar for smaller schools with less name recognition.
Writing for Examiner.com, Ellen Richards explains the etiquette of accepting an offer of admissions. Now that you’re in, follow these all-important steps:
The Los Angeles Times reports of the University of California at San Diego’s admissions gaffe that raised and then dashed the hopes of 28,000 rejected applicants. The university mistakenly sent congratulatory acceptance emails to the entire freshman applicant pool of 46,000 students rather than just the 18,000 who were truly admitted. An apology was sent to those students within hours.
The Journal Times’ David Steinkraus reports on the increasing interest in AP courses and the value of a more rigorous course load.
“A study recently produced by the College Board shows that students who take AP courses do better in college, and those who take both the courses and the exam do even better. The College Board also produces the AP tests — so there is a question about its own study — but that study fits into a pattern of other work and the experiences of local school and college staff.”
California’s higher education leaders announced “a joint task force to develop plans to achieve an increase in the numbers of community college students who transfer to the state’s four-year universities.”
More students are recognizing the benefits of a community college education, from having the opportunity to stay close to home to reducing the cost of a four year degree. The task force realizes improving the transfer process is a critical need and will focus on: