http://www.internationalcounselor.org A match to be made... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:30:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.internationalcounselor.org/archives/1570 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 ... http://www.internationalcounselor.org/archives/1560 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 ... http://www.internationalcounselor.org/archives/1559 Yeah for Hamilton! I am super impressed that they have quite literally put their money where their mouths are.They join the ranks of need blind. Six trustees have pledged $500,000 each to the college to help fund the first few years of the initiative. Hamilton College also will begin a ... http://www.internationalcounselor.org/archives/1557 WIth many college deadlines past, we get a glimpse of just how competative it is out there: 11% (vs. this time last year -- deadline is 3/1) Temple "down" Maryland-College park -0.7% Yale Whitman (no change) +1% Bowdoin +1% U Conn +2% U of California System (overall) .....+5.5% UCLA (72,000 --> 76,000 apps!) +2.3% NYU +3% George Washington +3% Illinois ... http://www.internationalcounselor.org/archives/1554 With cutbacks, fee hikes and decrease of enrollment, everyone is wondering exactly how the University of California will make decisions this year. Seven of the nine campuses--all but UCLA and Merced--have announced they will use waitlists to help manage their enrollment. Source: LA Times. http://www.internationalcounselor.org/archives/1552 I agree with Jeffrey Brenzel, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Yale,when he explains that "We've reversed the equation--that the college is going to make something out of your life, when actually it's the student who makes something out of college," he says.He goes on to explain in an interview with ... http://www.internationalcounselor.org/archives/1548 GamePro offers up a  listing of best colleges to study Video Game Design: 1 University of Southern California, Interactive Media Division Location: Los Angeles, CA Degrees offered: Major/Minor Number of students enrolled: 16,283 Student/Faculty ratio: 9:1 Annual tuition: $38,570 The Interactive Media Division of USC has graduated some pretty big names in the indie gaming scene. Jenova ... http://www.internationalcounselor.org/archives/1549 Simply fascinating...and depressing. Cheating has long been a major plague of education. In a rare glimpse inside Korean students seeking admissions to US colleges, The Korea Times has launched an investigative series. The first examines Ghost writers--students hiring professionals to not only write their college admission essays, but also art ... http://www.internationalcounselor.org/archives/1541 What They're Reading on College Campuses 1. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 2. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner 2 (in previous survey) 3. Nightlight: A Parody by the staff of The Harvard Lampoon 10 4. The Lost Symbol ... http://www.internationalcounselor.org/archives/1475