The National Center for Education Statistics offers a “College Navigator” tool that will let you look up colleges to get general information, admissions statistics, and most interestingly, detailed financial aid information. Here’s an example from the entry for Colgate University: First you get detailed information of the full cost of attendance (not just the tuition). […]
Read More >A Harvard interviewer’s advice to eighth graders
Andy Doctoroff interviews applicants for Harvard, and he's got a good piece in the Huffington Post today, "Dear Eighth Grader: So You Want to Apply to Harvard? Some Words of Advice…" The central message is that good grades, high test scores, and impressive activities alone aren’t what impress him during an interview. “Intellectual ambition, drive […]
Read More >Where new counselors can go to learn about college admissions
We’ve heard from many of our high school counseling friends that their graduate degree programs didn’t cover any material about college admissions. Once they started working in a high school setting, they got their college advising knowledge by teaching themselves, asking colleagues, and learning as they went, all of which can make for a long […]
Read More >How your online presence could help you get into college
After yesterday’s post about creating an online presence you can be proud of, I got to thinking about just what a big opportunity this could be for high school applicants. Unless a college specifically invites you to send them extra materials (some do), admissions officers don’t want to receive your short stories, recordings, paintings, poems, […]
Read More >Give Google what you’d want people to find
When someone Googles your name, do you like what they find? Whether you're applying to college, trying to get a job, or just wooing someone you hope to date more than once or twice, they’re often going to do their Internet due diligence and learn what they can. It seems to me, we’ve all got […]
Read More >One benefit of attending a large public university
It’s not hard to make an argument for the benefits of small, private colleges—small classes, more personal attention, professors hired to teach rather than to do research, etc. But in his excellent book, Debt-Free U: How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, or Mooching off My Parents, Zac Bissonnette makes some […]
Read More >Meet the editor of our next book
This week, I officially inked a partnership with Adam Kleiner to be the editor of my next book, tentatively titled “The Collegewise Way.” Not surprisingly, he’s an old college buddy. After I finished the first draft in December, I wanted to find an editor who could help produce a finished product that people would really […]
Read More >Three benefits of work study awards
If you qualify for need-based financial aid, part of your aid award may include work study—a paid job, usually on campus, to help you pay for college. Here are three reasons you should probably accept that portion of the award offer. 1. Work study is guaranteed work. You won’t have to look for a job […]
Read More >Where did students at Harvard Law School go to college?
Anybody who claims that attending a less prestigious college hurts your chances of getting into a prestigious graduate school should check out this list of the 261 undergraduate institutions represented by all students enrolled at Harvard Law School for the 2010-2011 school year. Yes, all the Ivy League schools are listed, along with Duke, Stanford, […]
Read More >A networking idea for private counselors
It’s nice to have coworkers in our Collegewise offices. There’s always someone there to high-five when a student gets into his first choice, or to ask an opinion when we need some college suggestions. Even Katie, who runs her own Collegewise shop near Seattle, still has regular meetings with us via Skype. And she loves […]
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