Lots of people are talking about an article from the Wall Street Journal on College rejection:
Both Warren Buffett and “Today” show host Meredith Vieira say that while being rejected by the school of their dreams was devastating, it launched them on a path to meeting life-changing mentors. Harold Varmus, winner of the Nobel Prize in [...]
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Rejection sucks, but does not need to define you
Good SAT = Good Egg
Quite Literally, according to the Boston Globe, which ran astoy about research into Personal Adds seeking Women’s eggs for fertilization:
The Harvard Crimson was one of three college newspapers that ran an identical classified ad seeking a woman who fit a narrow profile: younger than 29 with a GPA over 3.5 and an SAT score over [...]
Learning disabilities in Canada, eh
Did you know, Students with disabilities are protected by law in Canada? Pretty good eh? All universities will provide some sort of support for students with learning disabilities.A wonderful resource to get you started is Youth 2 Youth, a clearing house of information including University readiness checklists. To find the link to a specific universities [...]
Education
Taylor Mali has a goal to create 1000 teachers through poetry and perseverance. He spoke to my students yesterday and I thought I would share one of his landmark poems with you about teachers. The words or below, but Taylor is worth hearing:
What Teachers Make, or
Objection Overruled, or
If things don’t work out, you can always [...]
Starting your college search part 3: Step On Campus
We continue our disection of Angel Perez’ 5 Key suggestions. from The Washington Post:
3. Step Foot On Campus
Would you ever buy a house without visiting it? Would you buy a car without test-driving it? You could, but it’s not a safe bet.
Remember that all college brochures, Web sites, and promotional videos will be attractive. These are good [...]
Poor Chinese students: Depression rampant
Those feelings find their expression through irregular behavior, skipping classes, autism and rebellion, and have also led to psychological problems like Internet addiction and suicide, according to a recent survey released by the China Population Communication Center.
Source: China Daily
University of Victoria Rocks!
One of my favorites (I graduated from here) is coming to town.
Architectural wonderland: Great colleges that are also beautiful
Some places just look like colleges should look like. Often movie producers go out of thewir way to capture a particualr ambiance when they make a movie which has a college foucs. Look at fictional Faber college in Animal House. It was actually filmed at University of Oregon–after 12 colleges in six states said no. [...]
Starting your college search part 2: Be open minded
We continue our disection of Angel Perez’ 5 Key suggestions. from The Washington Post:
2. Be Open Minded
I can guarantee you that there are schools that would be the perfect fit for you, but you’ve never heard of them! The school that many students end up at may not have been their “dream school” at the start. But [...]
Beginning the search, Part 1
Where to apply really comes down to who are you and who do you want to be? The dirty secret is of course it is more a buyer’s market than people realise. Sure it is really competative at a hadnful of colleges, but many want applications from students just like you–not only do they want [...]
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