Tag: junior year

Finding Your College Match

Posted by: admin on March 5th, 2019

Does a college choose me, or do I choose my college? A couple of years ago, a junior said to me, “I am very clear on what colleges are looking for in their students. But do they care about me? Do they care about what I am looking for in a college?” This is a very […]

College Cousins: Tulane University or University of Miami

Posted by: admin on March 3rd, 2019

 Why Cousins? Because they are similar in style and, therefore, attract similar styles of students.  Two universities located in southern climes in regions with distinctive styles are Tulane University and the University of Miami. One can’t help but think “ocean and palm trees” when picturing Miami and “French Quarter and good food” when thinking about […]

College Cousins: George Washington University and Boston University

Posted by: admin on March 3rd, 2019

Few American cities are as steeped in history as Washington and Boston. Each locale boasts a rich political and cultural context that spans more than two centuries, so it’s impossible not to be impressed with the surroundings of the two institutions we highlight in this issue. George Washington University is named for our first president—not […]

College Cousins: University of Colorado and University of Vermont

Posted by: admin on March 3rd, 2019

Love the outdoors? Love being part of an outdoor-oriented community? If you are looking at colleges but don’t want your four-year experience to be confined to classrooms and dorm rooms, then you will want to take a particularly close look at the Universities of Colorado and Vermont. These schools are in locales that celebrate the […]

College Cousins: CalTech & MIT

Posted by: admin on March 3rd, 2019

Two of our country’s most respected institutions of higher learning are familiarly known to us as CalTech (California Institute of Technology) and MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Both, as their names suggest, have a major focus on all things relating to science and technology – although that isn’t to say that students can’t pursue excellent […]

ACT Time Changes

Posted by: admin on March 1st, 2019

In a move that makes the ACT somewhat less accommodating to students with accommodations, ACT has changed its extra time policy . Through June 2017, students taking the ACT with writing had six hours to complete the four sections that comprise the composite score (English, Math, Reading, and Science) and the essay. Students will now […]

Breaking the Beat

Posted by: admin on March 1st, 2019

I awoke with the sun on Monday morning, refreshed and aligned with the world. I was exultant to learn that three Americans had won the 2017 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017 . Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael W. Young won the prize for “for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling […]

Calculating the Probability of College Admissions

Posted by: admin on March 1st, 2019

Here’s a fun math problem:  If a college applicant applies to 20 schools, each with a 5 percent admission rate, what is the probability that she will be accepted to at least one of those schools?  Is it 5 percent? 100 percent? Hint: It’s not 100 percent, but that’s what many students believe, an example […]

A Student’s Story: The Importance of the College Visit

Posted by: admin on March 1st, 2019

Wyatt Green Williams knows the advantages of attending a small, private high school. For one thing, it’s easy to know everyone, because in many cases students have been in class together throughout their entire school lives. It’s also pretty easy to get to know teachers and for them to know you. The resulting sense of […]

A Student’s Story: A Tulane Business School Success

Posted by: admin on March 1st, 2019

When James Barlia was a high school senior, he had only a few thoughts about what he wanted in a college. Coming from Bullis, a small private school, he knew he didn’t want a large university. He wanted a school in the small-to-medium size range, but one large enough to have a lot of school […]