So I’m in the midst of watching quarterlife, the new show on NBC – check it out at www.quarterlife.com if you haven’t yet seen it. I’m fascinated by a show about a blog on a blog site about a show – but the show is also about all these twenty something college grads who still [...]
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Phenomenal episode of Boston Legal on ABC tonight where a parent sued her daughter’s high school for failing to regulate stress levels. It raises some great issues of where to lay blame for the massive stress high school students face, such as:
The hype around the admissions process is premised on an assumption that getting into [...]
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Back in November (http://notjustadmissions.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/those-dreaded-admission-tests/) I posted an overview of how (and why) colleges use the SAT and ACT tests in evaluating applicants. Since then a few more questions have come up about the SAT writing test.
First, I should note that I am not in any way convinced that the CollegeBoard, the folks who bring you [...]
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Former President and current candidate for First-husband Bill Clinton came to campus last night to campaign for his wife. Signs of how completely connected Mason students are:
1) The students (college democrats) knew before the administration.
2) It only merited a small mention on the website that he was coming, http://gazette.gmu.edu/articles/11490/, and just one note about it today, http://gazette.gmu.edu/articles/11497/ …largely because [...]
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http://www.pathwaystocollege.net/collegeplanningresources/ has a database of the most admissions and financial aid resources I’ve ever seen. If you have the patience to search through, you can find stuff on almost any admissions related subject.
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In the past week:
The essay that explained all the reasons the student wanted to go…to William and Mary. Where, I hope, he will be very happy.
Our application asks whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a felony. One student said yes, but didn’t provide the required explanation. When we contacted him to [...]
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