About has an interesting personality profile. It is only like 10 questions long. It tells me that I an Artistic Personality. It suggested that I might want to pursue:Possible degree programs: Art, Music, Writing, Literature, Drama,History, Interior Decorating, Fashion Design, Public Relations,Philosophy, Journalism, Graphic Design.

Collegeboard offers a simple formula (although they label it career calculus) for finding a carrer based on your interests and studies:

Career Calculus

Add up your interests and see where they take you. Here are 25 possibilities you may not have thought of:

Art + Business = Arts Administrators

Art + Computers = Web Designers

Art + Science = Industrial [...]

Country of origins 2005 for international students and the countries in which they study:

The Huskies ask four powerfully simply questions:
How do you think about and understand the world?

Do you like to study human expression of ideas through the arts, language, literature, and philosophy? Check out Arts and Humanities.
Are you [...]

Great article in the Guardian examining the internationalization of UK universities.
So, what’s the attraction? | Students | EducationGuardian.co.uk
The universities with the largest numbers of international students.
2006-07 (latest figures)
1. Manchester University 8345
2. Nottingham University 7710
3. Warwick University 7435
4. Oxford University 6555
5. City University 6380
6. Cambridge University 6340
7. University College London 6135
8. London School [...]

From Inside Higher Ed:
Montclair State University, in New Jersey, has become the first college to enter a formal agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to pledge to meet environmental standards for construction and operation of facilities.
What about the rest of you?

A thing of beauty is not to be ignored
Can’t you see (can’t you see)
Ithe secrets of the dawn? (thing of beauty)
Can’t you feel (can’t you feel)
Can’t you feel it in the place that you come from? (thing of beauty)
–hothouse flowers.
Does the place you study at really matter as far as education goes? I mean, the [...]

I have compiled links of posts I have written about the personal statement (UK) and essays (USA) in an easy to find page. These posts include my essay guide, many links for finding sample essays and tips from some of the colleges that use essays as part of their admission process. Also included is a [...]

Indiana U takes a different approach asking you what interests you and then suggesting majors that may fit. For example: want to travel? They suggest the following majors at IU:

Anthropology
Classical Civilization
East Asian Literatures and Cultures
Folklore
French
Geography
Germanic Studies
Greek
History
Individualized Major Program
International Studies
Italian
Latin
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Portuguese
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Spanish
Tourism Manangement

Bebo has launched a new reality TV series on the net following a group of young people on a GAP year experience. The participants are Canadian Andre Tardiff (24), New Zealander Lewis Whaitiri (22), American Cara Cioni (24), Roxanne Hughes-Monteiro (18) from Ireland, Dave Brett from the UK (19) and Amy O’Connor from Australia (23), [...]