College Admission Updates

SAT News: Beginning March 2009, students will be able to choose which test scores they wish a college to see.

If you choose to take the SAT more than 3-4 times and a college doesn’t abide by the new score choice policy, this may not be advantageous to you. To this date, colleges still have the power to decide on score choice or revealing all. Be wary of this new policy of selective scores to colleges. Students spend more time on SAT prep [choosing to take them multiple times] rather than time on their courses. Students’ main focus should always be their course grades.

College reviews will now include a category for “green-rating” of a college. Colleges rated high with environmental consciousness are Arizona State, SUNY Southampton, SUNY Binghamton, Harvard, Yale, Emory, and Georgia Institute of Technology.

Back2college.com for those people who decide to go to college after a year or years after high school graduation. This is a good starting point for information

Be cautious of downloading course papers or studying old tests online for current courses. Teachers add their names to a Post Your test “don’t-post” list. Some websites have copyrighted their papers and there are current lawsuits as well as students being denied entrance to schools because they have used these sites.

Clean and de-Tag your Facebook! An increasing amount of college admission offices as well as potential employers will open Facebook to check up on college and employee candidates.

Books of Interest:
Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads – Rosalind Wiseman
The Toughlove Prescription – Ron Zodkevitch, M.D.
Seniors, be sure to send your mid-year grades to your college choices. Check with your guidance office as to your school’s process.

Seniors, be sure to send your mid-year grades to your college choices. Check with your guidance office as to your school’s process.

Juniors investigate and plan your SAT test prep-national, local, community group prep classes, individual tutors, online tutoring.

SAT prep is all about practice, practice, practice, and strategy.

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Juniors investigate and plan your SAT test prep - National, local, community group prep classes, individual tutors, online tutoring.

SAT prep is all about practice, practice, practice, and strategy.

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Click on these two BRAND NEW college data based websites to make your search incredibly easy.

www.ucan-network.org is provided by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

www.nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator was developed by the United States Department of Education.

Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, PA requires all students to live in college operated housing for four years. F and M is ranked # 1 in the country for the accessibility of its professors according to Princeton Review’s “Best 351 Colleges.”
www.fandm.edu

Fully coeducational since 2003, Hood College in Frederick, MD charge children and grandchildren of alumnae the same tuition as was paid by their legacy person. www.hood.edu

Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, PA is located 30 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. Historically, more than 80% of its students who apply to law or health related graduate programs are accepted.
www.washjeff.edu

Carleton College, located in Northfield, MN, is a premiere liberal arts school, enrolling more National Merit Scholars than any other small liberal arts college in the country. Their men’s and women’s Ultimate Frisbee teams are powerhouses and consistently challenge for the sport’s national club championship.
www.carleton.edu

At Loyola University in New Orleans, LA, 85% of professors hold doctoral or terminal degrees. The university has restored the entire campus since Hurricane Katrina. Loyola offers an extensive variety of degrees in its College of Music and Fine Arts.
www.loyno.edu

The University of Florida at Gainsville is our nation’s 4th largest university. The campus extends over 2000 acres with more than 900 buildings. The freshmen retention rate of 94% is also one of the highest in the country.
www.ufl.edu

Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana is a public, doctoral-granting research university. The number of students on the West Lafayette campus numbers close to 40,000. In 2006 the gender ratio was 58.7 % male to 41.3 % female. They are a member of the Big Ten Conference.
www.purdue.edu

Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington is situated on 108 acres of land and is a 10 minute walk to downtown Spokane. The university offers 92 undergraduate programs and its School of Law is one of only three in the state of Washington. www.gonzaga.edu

New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM is the largest campus in the statewide system and also one of the largest campuses in the nation. Much of the land comes from the school’s well known Agriculture Department. Situated so close to the Mexican border, it enjoys ideal weather. When asked about NMSU’s best feature, a large majority of students point to the school’s diversity. www.nmsu.edu

Vanderbuilt University in Nashville, TN is presently (2007) home to 1590 freshmen. 84 % of the student body live on campus which is a mile and a half from downtown Nashville. The student to faculty ration is 9:1 and there are 320 clubs and organizations to join.
www.vanderbilt.edu

In the heart of Boston is Simmons College, a four year women’s liberal arts school with a population of approximately 1900 women. Ninety percent of first year students receive financial aid and every undergraduate and graduate student receives a 23% tuition discount due to contributions from the institution’s endowment and annual fund.
www.simmons.edu

Visit www.collegedata.com