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, …
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 …
Researching Schools: How to Research The Professors – Part II
95% of students apply to places with nice lawns and good football programs, and a MAJOR, but have zero idea of who will be teaching them. One of the top …
The College Tour Game: Kick the Tires
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. …
Picking Schools: The Long List
March is a busy month, but it’s also the time that Sophomores, and Juniors, at least those who have yet to do it, should start putting together the “long list” …
Harvey Mudd College
TOP STEM SCHOOL Type: College Size: Small (800 Undergraduate); Honors College: N/A Affiliations: Claremont College Consortium (Pomona College, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, Scripps) Student Body: Undergraduate (851 Students) Testing: SAT Reading: 670-760; Math: 730-800; …
Top Undergrad Schools for Ph.Ds in Science & Engineering
What is one of the measures of the quality of an undergraduate education at a college? How many people go on to achieve the highest (terminal) degrees. There’s a reason.
Do You Know the Sophomore Secret?
Colleges get a lot of applications these days. Far more than they used to. Some schools are accepting 7,000 students on 44,000+ applications! Most of the time, as they whittle …
7 Common Mistakes in Choosing a College
There are a number of common mistakes that students and parents make when thinking seriously about researching colleges and universities or conservatories after attending their performing arts high school. The volunteer …
Want to Know Where to Go to School? Follow the Professors!
There is no school in this world whose buildings make it great, although Edifice Complex, their cool new business school or the new gym, is generally how most colleges and …