Posted on November 30, 2008 by deanflagel
If you follow any of the other admission blogs (no reason you would, since you’ve discovered this one, other than morbid curiosity) you’ll see post after post complaining about all the mail us poor overworked admissions officers receive this time of year as application deadlines approach (cue violins). If you’re anything like me, your natural response to this is, “stop whining, put on your big boy pants, and go open some mail instead of typing on your blog.”
Unfortunately, the chaos can have a negative impact on you. Colleges seem to be getting worse and worse at matching documents you send in with your application. This seems to have several sources:
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Posted on November 21, 2008 by deanflagel
If you check out the recent comments, you’ll see a post asking why tuition is increasing so fast in higher education, whether its related to Federal Aid or buildings, and what is likely to happen next. An incredibly complex question, but I’ll give it a go. It’s unclear that the availability of aid has much [...]
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Posted on November 19, 2008 by deanflagel
OK, I’m back. Sorry to be gone so long right when you all were in the midst of your applications, but hey, it happens. I was off in Japan and Korea where Mason is incredibly popular, and came back to a FLOOD of early action applicants screaming for attention. Also, thanks to over 4,000 of [...]
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