I bet these guys do to. Crucnhgear has some very interesting coverage of MIT eurekafest aimed at showcasing high school students engineering ingenuity.
EurekaFest is a yearly event held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that showcases the prototype inventions of high school students from around the country. The inventions consist of various gadgets and devices [...]

Apparently future college students are not going to their dream schools, but rather schools they can afford, according to a survey from NACAC:

Seventy-one percent of respondents indicated an increase in the number of students foregoing their “dream schools” in favor of more affordable options. Counselors at public schools were more likely to report an increase compared [...]

Today we continue our series looking more specifically as what goes on inside a major, by providing links to some of the best descriptions and web 2.0 technologies out there. Today’s Field Guide to Communications follows the same basic format as last week’s Field Guide to Business.
What is the study?
• Wikipedia does a nice break [...]

Ever wonder when you go to any college search website like collegeboard.com, how they come up with average SAT scores or percentage graduated in four years? This information comes from the common data set that each college fills out. This initiative aims to make reporting the same on key data points:

Enrollment by racial/ethnic category
Four year [...]

Every June, Cluster maps resets their service to ZERO. SO my new map is very limied and makes me sad:

I like the red dots. It reminds me of all the people out there looking for college information. But the old one really rocked:

and from a year ago:

and two years ago:

That is always a question.
Some people will ask me which college they should apply to early decision. Actually that question has an easy answer: None! Why? Early decisions is designed for students with a clear FIRST CHOICE. In other words you have fallen head over heals in love with one college. AS a friend likes [...]

College essays and personal statements through a lot of people for a loop. People freak out about writing them, but the truth is that good writing is really about good editing.

SO you want to study business, do you?
Well what exactly is business?
Wikipedia does a nice break down of the field and the collegeboard offers a more specific look at the major in US college while the  British Council outlines the UK approach in their Fact Sheet. As a fan of the new media, I went [...]

The New York Times blog, THe Choice, hits it on the spot this morning with an indepth review of fashion advice for college interviews. They take umbrege over an MBA charging 15 K and suggests that the following is perfect for a college interview:

But admission folks just scoffed:
To road-test some of Ms. Duff’s ideas, I [...]