Many colleges now have student and even staff bloggers. But these are institutional specific. Few blogs try to cover College Admissions from the process inwards. Although many are the front page for services for hire, the material is still helpful. Here are a few that I check out from time to time:

About.com was blogging before [...]

For many, university education is a pathway to a career. But other object, feeling higher education ought to be focused on learning and discussing the great ideas of history–in particularly Western civilization. Robert Hutchins, one of the founders of the Great Books program stated in The University of Utopia, “The object of the educational system, [...]

Although it is well over a month before the UCs and CSU open for business, students can start crafting essays and practing filling in the forms:University of California Application centerCal State Mentor is your one stop shopping for the Cal State colleges.
Admitspit offers tips for filling in the application.
California Colleges offers a very [...]

Although it is well over a month before the UCs and CSU open for business, students can start crafting essays and practing filling in the forms:University of California Application centerCal State Mentor is your one stop shopping for the Cal State colleges.
Admitspit offers tips for filling in the application.
California Colleges offers a very [...]

YouTube is the latest space for university classes to emerge as Pizter college has a social media class for credit available.

Techcrunch
One of the students, Darren Grose, says YouTube is “a phenomenon that should be studied…You can learn a lot about American culture and just Internet culture in general.”
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Listen to the Oxford podcast before it is too late for insight into the Oxford personal statement–which i think could b generalized to more UK universities. Three admission tutors share what they are looking for when they read personal statements. Surprise to all the US students: Oxford is an academic place and academics tend to [...]

You take into account the variables. In a celebrity death match of Rankings, I wanted to pit the originator, USNEWS, against newcomer Washington Monthly. Each has released their respective rankings, yet their lists could not be much different. Washington Monthly to ten of national universities:
1. Texas A&M University*
2. [...]

I have made a screen cast of completing your personal statement:
In the screen cast you may wish to pause to read some of the longer slides (these are actual personal statements with commentary.
I mention lots of helpful sites on one screen.
Actual samples of essays:

The Student room
Studential has a sizable database.
Get Into Uni has a few [...]

Some suggesting for your commuting listening pleasure as you navigate your way through the UCAS experience. First up:

Oxford is offering up advice on the admission process and more. Although Oxford Specific, the advice they present can be generalized somewhat to other institutions.
South central has a nice little podcast explaining clearing.
University of Leeds have a nice [...]

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