Martha C. Merrill, the dean of admission and financial aid of Connecticut College, offers advice on writing a college application essay:
New York Times writer Miguel Helft reports on a new company, Chegg.com, which offers students the option to rent rather than buy textbooks. Students are saving up to 50% of the cost of purchasing new textbooks.
Clark Howard of CNN gives important information about what you should know when borrowing for college. He offers tips about Stafford Loans and unsubsidized Stafford loans, and suggests avoiding private student loans. Howard also provides information about potential loan forgiveness and suggestions on when to consider community college.
In a web exclusive, Newsweek has published a controversial high school ranking of the top 1500 high schools in the US. ”Public schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2008 divided by the number of graduating seniors. All of the schools on the list have an index of at least 1.000; they are in the top 6 percent of public schools measured this way.”