They have a facebook page…but who doesn’t these days. They have a wikipedia entry, but so can anyone. They have a world cup–played in Boston COmmons two weekends ago–duoh! I just missed it. I am talking about College Quiditch–yes the sport from Harry Potter books and movies. College students decided they really wanted to play [...]

Below are the top 10 places to live in 2009, according to RelocateAmerica.com:
1. Tulsa: The energy jobs in Tulsa have kept the area relatively stable during the economic downturn, according to its profile on RelocateAmerica.com. The unemployment rate was 5.6% in January, more than three points below the national average. The median price of an existing [...]

The Hurricanes are celebrating today…but they celebrate everyday! So says the number one ranking in the USA. No I am not talking about USNEWS or Princeton Review (What does a test pre company know about parting anyway?). This is the venerable and original “gentleman’s magazine” Playboy re-entering the ranking game. Based on four piece of [...]

Random majors for random times:
Sure you could study business or nursing and land a job. But why not pursue something really different. Today I begin a series of articles highlighting things you maybe never thought of studying–some typical, some not so typical. Today’s take: Viniculture.
What exactly is that? It is the student or everything to do with [...]

News from France finds the police investigating how a FRech University may have issued degrees for Money. The going rate at Institute of Business Administation (IAE) in the south-eastern town of Toulon is about 1500 Euros if you examine the report. The news focuses both on Chinese students as the beneficieraies even though it was a [...]

Today began a meeting of minds of admissions officers from the top 30 Universities.You can follow along at Wake Forest Blogs; Today’s presentations include:
The Price of admissions
“There’s something about these admissions perks for the rich that violates our basic notions of what America stands for — fairness, equal opportunity, upward mobility, particularly in an era [...]

Yale Dean of Admissions Jeff Brenzel posted this entry on the Yale Admitted Student website. It is really great advice.
What to Do When They ACCEPT You!
By Jeff Brenzel

For the past year, you have likely focused heavily on where to apply, and then how to win the hearts of admissions [...]

Amherst (~1.2%)
Baylor +18%
Boston C expected even
Boston U slightly down
Bowdoin (1.7%)
Bucknell (~5%)
Brandeis (10.8%)
Bryn Mawr +6%
Brown ~+21% (still approx)
Carleton (4%)
Carnegie Mellon +12.1% (although apps count methodology in question)
Chicago +9.6%
Clemson +7.1%
Claremont McK +2%
Colby (7%)
Colgate (18%)
College of NJ flat
Colorado State +10%
Columbia +12%
Conn Col up slightly
Cooper Union ~+8%
Cornell +3%
Dartmouth +8.9%
Davidson +1.3%
Dickinson (5%)
Drexel +36%
Duke +17%
Elon down slightly
Emory (10.5%)
Fordham +5%
Georgia State +25%
Georgia [...]

Test scores have long been critical for most Korean universities in picking students, but now, a growing number of universities are moving to select students through “admissions officers,” who are fully committed to evaluating applicants based on their potential and extra-curricular activities rather than mere academic scores. 
About 40 universities will recruit more than 10,000 students [...]

Now that the offers have come in, how do you decide which one is right for you? Pick the highest rank and be done with it? Roll some dice? Pick the one with the best weather? All make sense depending who you are, but I would encourage a little more invovled decision making:

How does this [...]