What to make of this graph? Apparent this refers to freshmen only. Are they really talking to their parents in droves about college? Or is it more a case of parents warning them to get good grades so they can go to college? Are school counselors really not talking to them much at all? [...]
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Stanford 5.7% Harvard 5.8% Yale 6.7% Columbia 6.9% Princeton 7.3% MIT 8.2% UChicago 8.8% Brown 9.2% Dartmouth 10.1% Duke 11.6% Vanderbilt 11.9% UPenn 12.10% NWestern 13.9% Swarthmore 14.0% Bowdoin 14.5% Pitzer 14.6% Cornell 15.2% Rice 16% Georgetown 16.5% Hopkins 16.8% Williams 16.9% Tufts 18.7% Middlebury 19.2% USC 19.6% Wellesley 28%. UVA 29.4% GWU 33% Macalester [...]
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Admit rate round-ups #2
Stanford 5.7%Harvard 5.8%Yale 6.7%Columbia 6.9%Princeton 7.3%MIT 8.2%UChicago 8.8%Brown 9.2%Dartmouth 10.0%Duke 11.6%Vanderbilt 11.9%UPenn 12.10%NWestern 13.9%Swarthmore 14.0%Bowdoin 14.5%Cornell 15.2%Rice 16%JHS 16.8%Williams 16.9%Tufts 18.7%USC 19.6%UVA 29.4%BU 36%RPI 41% UVM 77%
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Breaking: Stanford below 6%
Yeah, I know you are surprised: Stanford had a record low. In fact they admitted jusst 5.7% of their 38,000 applications.
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Breaking: Record apps to NYU
They have not yet released their accepatnce rate, but it will be done on last year.
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admission round up so far
Harvard 5.79%Yale 6.72%Columbia 6.89%Princeton 7.3%MIT 8.2%UChicago 8.8%Brown 9.6%Dartmouth 10.0%Duke 11.6%Vanderbilt 11.9%U. of Pennsylvania 12.10%Northwestern 13.9%Cornell 15.15%Johns Hopkins 16.8%Tufts 18.7%USC 19.6%UVA 29.4%BU 36% Swarthmore 14%. RPI 41% UCLA 19%
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Breaking; Darmouth takes 10%
making it the only Ivy to NOT have a record low. of course 10% is just about the same difference as last years record low of 9. 4
Surprise! Freshmen don’t talk to counselors about college, but they do talk to their mothers.
On May - 18 - 2013 ADD COMMENTS
Colleges to watch out for in the future
On May - 13 - 2013 ADD COMMENTS
Jeffrey Selingo knows a thing or two about colleges. He should. He lives and breaths it as editor of the the Chronical of higher education. So when he published a book about the future of higher education, people will read it. Listen to his interview at NPR. Killer quote: “College presidents say that students and parents [...]
Engagement Chinese style
On April - 25 - 2013 ADD COMMENTS
A trio of stories raises profound issues about child rearing and learning in the Chinese heritage circles. First up: Taiwan: A study funded by the National Science Council suggested that the main reason why Taiwanese university students often remain quiet in class is because they are concerned about saving face and are conditioned to learning [...]
Perspective: Debt vs brand
On April - 25 - 2013 ADD COMMENTS
An alumni had an interesting choice between a nationally ranked research university that she had fallen in love with and her safety school where the better part of her family had gone for a couple of generations. Her safety school also offered her a substantial scholarship. For many students brand trumps money. [My dad] went [...]
On April - 3 - 2013 ADD COMMENTS
Stanford 5.7% Harvard 5.8% Yale 6.7% Columbia 6.9% Princeton 7.3% MIT 8.2% UChicago 8.8% Brown 9.2% Dartmouth 10.1% Duke 11.6% Vanderbilt 11.9% UPenn 12.10% NWestern 13.9% Swarthmore 14.0% Bowdoin 14.5% Pitzer 14.6% Cornell 15.2% Rice 16% Georgetown 16.5% Hopkins 16.8% Williams 16.9% Tufts 18.7% Middlebury 19.2% USC 19.6% Wellesley 28%. UVA 29.4% GWU 33% Macalester [...]
Admit rate round-ups #2
On April - 1 - 2013 ADD COMMENTS
Stanford 5.7%Harvard 5.8%Yale 6.7%Columbia 6.9%Princeton 7.3%MIT 8.2%UChicago 8.8%Brown 9.2%Dartmouth 10.0%Duke 11.6%Vanderbilt 11.9%UPenn 12.10%NWestern 13.9%Swarthmore 14.0%Bowdoin 14.5%Cornell 15.2%Rice 16%JHS 16.8%Williams 16.9%Tufts 18.7%USC 19.6%UVA 29.4%BU 36%RPI 41% UVM 77%
Breaking: Stanford below 6%
On March - 31 - 2013 ADD COMMENTS
Yeah, I know you are surprised: Stanford had a record low. In fact they admitted jusst 5.7% of their 38,000 applications.
Breaking: Bowdoin has record low (like this is a big surprise)
On March - 31 - 2013 ADD COMMENTS
The Bowdoin Orient posts that this year’s admit rate is just 14.5%. Ouch.
Breaking: Record apps to NYU
On March - 30 - 2013 ADD COMMENTS
They have not yet released their accepatnce rate, but it will be done on last year.
admission round up so far
On March - 29 - 2013 ADD COMMENTS
Harvard 5.79%Yale 6.72%Columbia 6.89%Princeton 7.3%MIT 8.2%UChicago 8.8%Brown 9.6%Dartmouth 10.0%Duke 11.6%Vanderbilt 11.9%U. of Pennsylvania 12.10%Northwestern 13.9%Cornell 15.15%Johns Hopkins 16.8%Tufts 18.7%USC 19.6%UVA 29.4%BU 36% Swarthmore 14%. RPI 41% UCLA 19%