Picking Schools: Short Lists
We’ve told you how to prepare a long list of schools, suggested you look at possible career paths, how to research where you want to go to school, and even …
The Top 10 Reasons NOT to Choose A College
There are a lot of good reasons to choose a school, but these ten can be why you become one of the millions of college students who transfer, or, worse still, …
Who You Gonna Call? Teacher Recommendations
One of the key components of any college application are teacher recommendations. Here’s how to get them done right.
Amazing Schools on the Roads Less Traveled
Revised 23.01.2022 Looking for a great place to go to school for the next four years? Go where everyone else isn’t. Every town has some night spot where it’s …
Scholarship Sundays – Keep Writing for Money
Revised 01.2021 Important Changes to the Scholarship Game Since this was first written, the colleges, ever hungry for money, have changed the way that the scholarship game works. Most colleges, …
List of Colleges and Universities with Capstone Projects (And their value)
What is a capstone, or senior thesis, or senior seminar project? What makes it so valuable to students, and parents paying for college alike? Outcomes, time, money, and, as technology …
Cohorts. A Wildcard Word That Explains the “Insanity” of College Admissions
Frequently, both parents and students wonder how certain members of their class were admitted to a school with lower class rank, test scores, etc. How do seemingly “better” students, with …
Swarthmore College
GOLD STANDARD SCHOOL Type: College Size: Small (1,791 Undergraduate Only); Style: STEM-Weighted Liberal Arts with Thesis/Capstone Honors College: Yes Affiliations: Tri-College Consortium (Haverford/Bryn Mawr); University of Pennsylvania Student Body: Undergraduate Only (1620 Students) Testing: …
I GOT IN!!! Now Haggle Like Your Education Depends on It (It Does)
Congratulations! You just got into one or more of the colleges of your choice. The first number is rarely the final number. Arriving at a financial aid package that works for …
Big School A Must? Try the Honors College
Overcrowding has been a reality at many large public and private colleges across the United States. Freshman class sizes that were a hundred, then a few hundred, are now rising …