We’ve been getting quite a bit of email feedback and questions, which go to our central in-box then get forwarded. Many of the questoins are off topic from my postings, so my staff members (tired, I suspect, of having to forward those emails) suggested we created a blog post for whatever random topics you might [...]
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I was on vacation with my family this week when my seven-year-old son overheard one of his cousins calling another member of the family a “tool” and asked me what that meant. I tried to explain that the term “tool” can be used to suggest that a person is easily used or manipulated by others [...]
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The bottom line is that the rankings can be an interesting shortcut to developing your interest list, but don’t get sucked into thinking there’s a lot of substance behind them.
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Time, once again, to rant about how colleges and universities busy themselves trying to manipulate you. Transfer students are a hot commodity in admissions. Since Mason is one of the most popular transfer destinations in the U.S., I may be even more disturbed by misinformation about transferring schools than I am about the usual admissions [...]
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A couple of weeks ago, the ongoing drama at the University of Illinois (motto, “Will trade admissions for appointment to U.S. Senate.”) led me to post a note debunking one of the three great myths of college admissions. In case you’ve forgotten, the three great myths of college admissions are: 1) The college admissions process [...]
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I usually try to encourage students to go on LOTS of campus visits. I don’t suggest this because I believe by going on a never ending series of walking tours and presentations of campuses you will suddenly find THE PERFECT SCHOOL. As I’ve mentioned before, I think the whole idea of one perfect school is mostly a marketing pitch we admissions officers have created to try to raise our profiles and your stress levels.
Filed under: College Admissions, College Search Process, Education | Tagged: Admissions, campus visits, College Search Process, college tours | 12 Comments »
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