Hampshire College is for “out of the box” students who may or may not love school, but are smart and like to forge their own path, including designing their own major.Hampshire was founded by Amherst College and U. Mass Amherst, in their 5 college consortium (group) with Smith and Mount Holyoke. Many Hampshire grads have started pioneering, […]
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Practice and familiarity. We know that repetitively pushing yourself to excel at auditions for All-District, All-State, and competitions makes you more comfortable with the process if you start when you’re a freshman. It’s the same with the SAT. Begin with easy things like vocab and keep at it slowly and patiently and improve your test-taking […]
Check out this series of YouTube videos and discussion at Khan Academy’s College Admissions Testing
If you decide that you want to go as a “music minor” or non-minor, one thing that may open doors for you is the Music As A Calling Card option. Your music can be a huge admission tool for you that gives you some edge in applying for schools that can be tough to get into. Most […]
Non-Merit Aid Schools List We’re working up a list of schools who do not award merit scholarships. This is not to say that they don’t have alternatives to funding college that can work for you. Williams College and Amherst, for example, are on our Gold Standard list for funding an education.
With the changes in the SAT set to take effect in 2016, more schools are jumping on the bandwagon of having two SAT Subject Tests under your belt. Several of the tougher schools currently require one or two SAT Subject Tests, which are generally hour-long tests of specific areas of your knowledge. Look at the list of […]