It might surprise you where the CEO’s of Silcon Valley companies went. Sure many went to Stanford and UC berkely….but
Two-thirds of the CEOs of the valley’s 150 largest public companies who earned their undergraduate degrees in the United States attended taxpayer-funded public universities, state colleges and regional schools, according to a Mercury News survey. About [...]

You’re the University of Oxford!
Ancient in your perspective, wise in your judgment, andrevered by your peers, you command respect. You know more about speakingEnglish than perhaps anyone you could imagine. This reverence has madeyou a bit stodgy, however, and there are those who say you’ve outgrownyour own legacy. Nevertheless, many consider it an honor just [...]

Macleans, Canada’s venerable news magazine, released their 17th annual rankings of universities in Canada. As university presidents stop providing information, Macleans has found a new way to rank:
This
year, Maclean’s revised its methodology, and the rankings are now based
entirely on publicly available data. Student and faculty numbers were
obtained from Statistics Canada, as was data for all [...]

Just back from giving a workshop on the use of web 2.0 technologies in college admissions, so I thought I would share the wonderful presentation from Douglas Christiansen at Vanderbilt University. Vandy is one of the US most selective colleges and offers great opportunities for international students especially since they are looking to grown their [...]

Points to ponder in the essay section.
1. Do not use ten dollar (7 Euros words) words
We all have an intrinsic understanding of your esoteric dexterity in smithing words or your ability to maximize your nocturnal usage of Thesaurus in order to create a definitive ambiance in your pedagogical thesis. Steven Colbert has a very funny [...]

Greetings from ECIS conference at Madrid. I am attending the open meeting of the Guidance counselors. The hotel has wireless so I posted some notes on World University Rankings over at the International Counselor. Some observations:

Lots of macs around
Lots of schools using Moodle
Web 2.0 still raising lots of questions about how to use it education [...]

I have been attending the ECIS conference in Madrid Spain. I will be posting my notes soon. Check on the side bar under “For Counselors”.
Thanks for all the wonderful feedback and comments. Great to see everyone.
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From Paul, a student blogger at MIT, about your applications:
Use at your own risk. Your mileage may vary. Patent pending.

Always be honest. This one’s first for a reason. Simply
put, be yourself…not who you think some admissions committee wants
you to be. Admittedly, students at MIT share a lot of common traits -
resourcefulness, ingenuity, creativity, an off-beat [...]

Now go to the essay
(Do this for each essay topic). The common app list six essay questions:

Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical
dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its
importance to you.
Indicate a person who has had a significant [...]