and join over 24,000 foreign students.
Students from abroad numbered 24,000 or 12% more than in 2008 and accounted for 25% of new students in 2009. Half the arrivals came from Asia with the largest national groups from China, Pakistan, Iran, Bangladesh and India.
With over 600 masters and bachelors programs in English, many [...]
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Personality testing and college search
Today I gave a workshop on using personality testing in the college search process. The site we used:
Shanghai American School Guidance website.
Some great books on personality profiles (some college or career specific):
Amazon.com Widgets
Counselors reads
Today in our session on Best fit, I mentioned some great reads for counselors that influenced my thinking in how students make decisions.
Amazon.com Widgets
Freshman year abroad
While many students consider taking a year abroad in their junior year, a growing number of colleges offer freshman year abroad, according to Inside HigerEd. Indeed a list compiled on the NACAC list serve reveals just how involved it has become:
NYU x11 (to Florence, Paris, London, Abu Dhabi – http://www.nyu.edu/studyabroad/freshmen.programs/)
Skidmore x8 (to London – http://cms.skidmore.edu/ocse/programs/london_fye/index.cfm)
Suffolk x8 (to [...]
making the most out of your campus visit
The Answer sheet featuresa guest post today from Josh Johnson, a veteran campus tour guide. He offers the following advice:
* Do some research before visiting a school and schedule as much as you can for your visit.
* Of course plan for a tour, if the school offers it sign up for an interview or info [...]
Facing off with Facebook in college admissions (and more)
Much has been written and discussed about student’s online pressence since I first conducted a study of how admission officers google applicants or friend them on facebook or myspace. Below is a series of tools and articles collected through NACAC. Hat tip to Marcie.
Tools:
Reclaim Privacy: - if you install this bookmarklet using the instructions [...]
Essential Viewing: For the artist
Many parents fret about their kids musical or artistic obsessions, complaining that they cannot possible make a living, that the job is not stable, has no future. Yet, thousands of artist prove them wrong every year. Yet, most artists are also business people, entrepreneurs to be exact. Today I listened to a fabulous podast from [...]
Space is still available
at many US colleges and universities. NACAC has released their annual space availability survey for both freshmen and transfer students. Here is wee snapshot:
Augsburg College MN Yes Yes Private 1,000-4,999 Yes Yes Contact Info
Augustana College SD Yes Yes Private 1,000-4,999 Yes Yes Contact Info
Avila University MO Yes Yes Private 1,000-4,999 Yes Yes Contact Info
Baker University KS Yes Yes Private 1,000-4,999 Yes Yes Contact Info
Not all are on the small side:
The College at Brockport, SUNY NY Yes Yes Private 5,000-9,999 Yes Limited Contact Info
The University of Montana MT Yes Yes Public 15,000-19,999 Yes Yes Contact Info
The University of Texas at San Antonio TX Yes Yes Public 20,000+ Limited Limited
The University of [...]
The Green guide to colleges
Go figure: Young people care about the environment (consumer habits not withstanding). The Princeton Review now offers, for free, a guide to colleges. Download The Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 Green Colleges*Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
With 286 colleges profiled, you can get a quick look into how colleges make green contributions. Here is an [...]
Study in China
Why not?
It seems like everyone has China on the mind–what with 10% growth, the Olympics, the longest subway lines in the world and now the World’s expo, not to mention, food, pandas, walls and more. I have often beedasked about earning a degree in English in China, but honestly have had little luck finding more [...]
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