The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation has, for the last twenty-five years, offered nearly 6,000 college scholarships to exceptional high school students who have demonstrated in high school a dedication to active leadership and service that “positively affects others.”
The University of California, Berkeley offers a unique Summer Youth Intensive Program for exceptional chemistry students.
Type: College Size: Small Style: Non-Traditional/Outside-the-Box Honors College: N/A Affiliations: Five College Consortium (UMass Amherst; Amherst College; Smith; Mount Holyoke) Student Body: Undergraduate (1376 Students) Testing: NO SAT/ACT Required Admissions: Applied: 2671; Accepted: 1789 (67%); Class Size: 331; Early Decision 81% Average GPA: 3.45 Students of Color: 31% Male-Female: 41%-58% Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 10.6:1 Freshman Retention Rate: 82% Freshman Graduating […]
REVISED 08.17.2022. Most students are taught how to write persuasive essays, and analytical papers. Very rarely are you taught how to write something autobiographical, which is what a college essay is all about. Writing an essay that can be digested by a reader moving through your file in 1-3 minutes? None of y’all learn this. […]
Every year, clever seniors, already admitted to a college or university, think that they have the game beat. They are, momentarily, immortal and untouchable. Please allow us to strip your waxen wings before the colleges that have just admitted you melt them for you. Avoid these pitfalls because the colleges that admitted you take action that can […]
If you start by looking for colleges, you’re putting the cart ahead of the horse. The first thing you should start to think about, is: What do I want to do/be when I leave school(s)? Most of us, no matter how much education we get, end up falling into careers of the people around us, […]
Education is your one hope to be relevant, happy, and prosperous in a world where humans, from ditch digger to doctor, are becoming irrelevant. All jobs have a 30% to 70%+ vulnerability to being ended by software or robotics that can replace you, as The Economist pointed out in 2018. You will be graduating college […]
There is a mission-critical thing that students and parents considering a music track at either colleges or conservatories MUST do if you want to gain admission: Take a lesson with a professor at the school(s) of choice a year or more BEFORE you apply and audition when you are ready to do that. Read on […]
No more ACT or SAT writing? Most colleges and universities are cutting it out. Good news? Maybe, maybe not. College admissions essays are becoming more important not only for them to know you, but as to how they judge your ability to write. For a growing number of schools, they’re not just a profile of who […]
When you visit colleges, the info session and tour are very pivotal points in your understanding of the college. What they show you, and what they don’t, is hugely important. If you bought a car, you’d “kick the tires” to see if it was a good buy. We do far less shopping for one of […]