Archive for November, 2006

Majoring in Video Game Development

NPR today ran a story about the mainstreaming of video game development as viable college major. Game development has arrived in the upper echelons of academia; it has outgrown it’s previous status as a novelty “Buffy the Vampire Studies” type of major. From the NPR lead off: This year, the University of Southern California enrolled [ READ MORE ]

Private College Counselors

Are colleges today more selective than ever? According to the National Association for College Admission Counseling , over the last 20 years the college admissions selectivity rate hasn’t changed; 4-year colleges on average still accept 75% of their applicants. But Harvard and Princeton are just as selective as they’ve always been with acceptance rates under [ READ MORE ]

Schools of Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs Are H-O-T If you have a yen to make a dollar (holy bad joke, Batman) by joining the entrepreneurial ranks (the badness of that is still hurting me), then you are in luck, my friend. Being young and hip and using your noggin to come up with the next new thing is now considered [ READ MORE ]

Choosing a College? Top 6 Stats That Really Matter

The NY Times ran an interesting article about wading through college stats. Statistics rarely tell the whole story, they’re misleading, and they don’t measure what’s important. What do statistics really tell you about a school? Are they even useful? Here are the top statistics to pay attention to (or not): 1. Average Class Size at [ READ MORE ]

Backdoor Admissions to Selective Universities

The NY Times today published a piece about an interesting college admissions strategy: To get into a selective school, apply to a less popular program and then once you’re accepted, transfer into your desired program. Transfering within a university is easier than entering it. How to choose which major to apply to? Some programs are [ READ MORE ]

Free Online College Resources: OpenLearn

Open University Makes Educational Resources Available Free Online On Oct. 25th 2006, The Open University in the UK officially launched their open content initiative OpenLearn. Now all knowledge-seekers around the globe can access educational resources for free. They’re trying to get the educational word out to folks living far far away from the university experience, [ READ MORE ]

Nine Worst Colleges in America

Yes, it’s another college ranking list, but this snarky / cheeky one really stands out. Radar Magazine Online recently put together a “semi-scientific guide to the most substandard schools in America.” Using a wide variety of sources, Radar took up the challenge of choosing which accredited 4-year colleges with physical campuses made the “dishonor roll.” [ READ MORE ]

Dumpster Diving College Students

If you have too much self-respect (or maybe just enough) to no longer traipse around the nice neighborhoods begging for free candy, then you’re probably hitting the lean month of the college term: any extra cash you may have had at the beginning of the term is gone, and any holiday which might involve your [ READ MORE ]