An increasing number of students are seeking transfer admissions, according to Alexander Ott, a past president of the New York State Transfer and Articulation Association. In fact, about a third of all college students transfer at some point in their college career, including transfers between community colleges and four-year colleges, ...
Cleaning House: How to Tidy Up Your Social Media Footprint In our last blog, we discussed why you should tidy up your social media activity in preparation for college admissions. Now, we’ll tell you how. As The Telegraph suggests, googling yourself is a good place to start, as it will ...
Over the past few years, social media has been playing a larger and larger role in the college admissions process – from researching and communicating with potential colleges, right down to a student’s admissions profile. The increasing practice among admissions officers of scrutinizing applicants’ Facebook pages and Twitter feeds has ...
Almost since the dawn of college itself, current, past and prospective students alike have donned all manner of swag. Nearly every item of clothing imaginable, from sweatshirts to neckties (and even onesies!), is now available for purchase, specially branded with the college logo of your choice. Also (and this is ...
The U.S. enrolled the highest number of international students in its history during the 2012-2013 school year, with China as the top source. For the first time, the number of international undergrads exceeds the number of international grad students on US campuses. 819,644 undergraduate and graduate students from other countries were enrolled ...
Social media has become ingrained in nearly every aspect of society, playing a role in everything from mass marketing campaigns to career networking. Now, unsurprisingly, it’s playing a larger and larger role in the college admissions process – from researching and communicating with potential colleges, right down to a student’s ...
The Common App has undergone significant changes in content and design, effective with the Class of 2014. Scott Anderson, Director of Outreach of the Common Application, provided a fascinating webinar of the new Common Application, called version CA4. There are now over 520 colleges that accept the Common App! New ...
Taking and preparing for college entrance exams has perhaps never been so confusing! In addition to studying, students must now decide which tests to take – the SAT, ACT and/or Subject Tests – and navigate the ever-changing and variable testing requirements of the colleges to which they are applying. ...
College is a time of choices, from majors to roommates, extracurriculars to coursework. In order to make the best choices for you, you have to know yourself. To that end, discovering your Myers-Briggs personality type is invaluable to succeeding in college and beyond. The Four Dimension Preferences of Type There ...