We continue our disection of Angel Perez’ 5 Key suggestions. from  The Washington Post:
3. Step Foot On Campus
Would you ever buy a house without visiting it? Would you buy a car without test-driving it? You could, but it’s not a safe bet.
Remember that all college brochures, Web sites, and promotional videos will be attractive. These are good [...]

Those feelings find their expression through irregular behavior, skipping classes, autism and rebellion, and have also led to psychological problems like Internet addiction and suicide, according to a recent survey released by the China Population Communication Center.
Source: China Daily

One of my favorites (I graduated from here) is coming to town.

Some places just look like colleges should look like. Often movie producers go out of thewir way to capture a particualr ambiance when they make a movie which has a college foucs. Look at fictional Faber college in Animal House. It was actually filmed at University of Oregon–after 12 colleges in six states said no. [...]

We continue our disection of Angel Perez’ 5 Key suggestions. from  The Washington Post:
2. Be Open Minded
I can guarantee you that there are schools that would be the perfect fit for you, but you’ve never heard of them! The school that many students end up at may not have been their “dream school” at the start. But [...]

Where to apply really comes down to who are you and who do you want to be? The dirty secret  is of course it is more a buyer’s market than people realise. Sure it is really competative at a hadnful of colleges, but many want applications from students just like you–not only do they want [...]

Yeah for Hamilton! I am super impressed that they have quite literally put their money where their mouths are.They join the ranks of need blind.
Six trustees have pledged $500,000 each to the college to help fund the first few years of the initiative. Hamilton College also will begin a fundraiser to raise $40 million [...]

WIth many college deadlines past, we get a glimpse of just how competative it is out there:
11% (vs. this time last year — deadline is 3/1) Temple
“down” Maryland-College park
-0.7% Yale
Whitman (no change)
+1% Bowdoin
+1% U Conn
+2% U of California System (overall)
…..+5.5% UCLA (72,000 –> 76,000 apps!)
+2.3% NYU
+3% George Washington
+3% Illinois Urbana-Champaign
+3% Lafayette
+3% Union
+3% Vassar
+3% Williams
+3% [...]

With cutbacks, fee hikes and decrease of enrollment, everyone is wondering exactly how the University of California will make decisions this year. Seven of the nine campuses–all but UCLA and Merced–have announced they will use waitlists to help manage their enrollment.
Source: LA Times.

I agree with Jeffrey Brenzel, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Yale,when he explains that “We’ve reversed the equation–that the college is going to make something out of your life, when actually it’s the student who makes something out of college,” he says.He goes on to explain in an interview with the Huffington Post
:
“Any strong college [...]