Beyond majors, look at the career pathways that interest you!
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 advances, a better opportunity to stay employed. CAPSTONE 101 Senior thesis projects are the most personal expression of the value of an education in higher […]
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 […]
Every year the Florida public universities get inundated with applications. So they have a special deal: PRIORITY ADMISSIONS. PRIORITY ADMISSIONS DEADLINE: FSU: OCT. 19th. Other Florida Public Universities is NOV. 1st. This is NOT early decision, or early action. There is nothing binding about getting your application in. It just allows them to process a […]
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; ACT: 29-33 Math II Subject Test: 750-800 Admissions: Applied: 4119; Accepted: 533 (12.9%); Class Size: 215; Early Decision 25% Average GPA: 3.9 (70% over 3.75) […]
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.
Chances are better than average that you WILL NOT get into most good music schools on an audition alone. We’ve had too many students who have been surprised by that “secret” of the game of getting into a top conservatory or university program. Here’s what you do to get yourself on the radar of some of […]
Do you like to travel? Do you like foreign languages? Food? Culture? Perhaps a career as a diplomat is for you! The way to “audition” that option is to apply for a summer internship at the State Department. To find out more about how to apply for the program, click here.
Type: College Size: Very Small (1,000) Style: Hands On/Engaged Affiliations: N/A Honors College: N/A Student Body: Undergraduate: 950; Graduate: 50 Testing: SAT:1460-2360/ACT: 28-35 Admissions: 30 in Architecture, 65 in Art and 125-145 in Engineering Students of Color: 45.7% (His.: 12%; AA: 6.4%; AS:23.6%) Male-Female: 66%-34% Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 16:1 Freshman Retention Rate: 97.0% Freshman Graduating After 4 Years: 68%; 6 Years: 81% Attend […]