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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Fullbright program is the flagship scholarship program of the United States. Today we look at Master’s level institutions

Bachelor’s institutions
Number of awards
Number of applicants

Pomona College
15
58

Smith College
14
36

Pitzer College
12
67

Kenyon College
11
26

Oberlin College
10
24

Swarthmore College
10
42

Vassar College
10
42

Scripps College
9
28

Wellesley College
9
36

New College of Florida
8
22

Barnard College
7
16

Grinnell College
7
31

Kalamazoo College
7
15

Bowdoin College
6
20

Occidental College
6
20

U. of Richmond
6
30

Wheaton College (Mass.)
6
14

Williams College
6
35

Amherst College
5
35

Denison U.
5
22

Trinity College (Conn.)
5
16

Agnes Scott College
4
7

Claremont McKenna College
4
21

College of [...]

The Fullbright program is the flagship scholarship program of the United States.
Fostering leadership, learning and empathy between cultures was and remains the purpose of the international scholarship program.” – Senator J. William Fulbright
Fulbright alumni have won Nobel Prizes than those of any other academic program–for this reason it can be considered an indicator of the [...]

Today we continue with item 10 on Marilee Jones 10 tips for the college search.
10. Be proud of who you are. You are utterly unique and have been designed that way on purpose because there is a need for each one of us in this world. Regardless of your grades or SAT scores or looks or [...]

Today we continue with item 9 on Marilee Jones 10 tips for the college search.
9. Don’t take college admissions advice from your friends … ever. In a recent survey, a shocking 79 percent of college students admitted to making college decisions based on the advice of friends. In most cases, your friends don’t know any more [...]

“ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. [...]