Archive for February, 2010

Sports Psychologists and Olympic Athletes

When an athlete is physically flawless, but tends to mentally crumple when confronted with the pivotal moment of doom, a sports psychologist becomes part of his/her training team. [ READ MORE ]

M.S. in Sustainability Management: Earth Institute, Columbia University

The program is offered on a full-time or part-time basis to accommodate the schedules of working professionals[ READ MORE ]

The Hotness of Geek Barbie

The world order has finally reconciled itself! Barbie no longer thinks “Math class is tough!”[ READ MORE ]

Med Schools Turn It Up To Eleven

The crazy surge in med school applicants has finally triggered several new medical schools to come into being. [ READ MORE ]

Michael Scott’s My Prof…It’s Not Going Well

The combination of higher education and The Office? Genius. Posted by Alexa Harrington[ READ MORE ]

Record Number of Applicants to Stanford University

Stanford just received the highest number of admission applications ever. And they have an outstanding pneumatic tubing system under their hospital. Coincidence? I think not. Posted by Alexa Harrington (image source)[ READ MORE ]

Advice on How Not to Epically Fail an Exam

Which is all to say I know from experience (read: I’m a pain-in-the-ass, know-it-all b**ch) that undergrads have to see their exam-failing lives pass before their eyes a few times before they figure out how to never have a day like that again. [ READ MORE ]

January 23rd SAT Results

Prospective college students who have remained unaware of the fact that January 23rd’s SAT results are up at CollegeBoard.org are waaaaaay too relaxed. [ READ MORE ]

Herman Miller Video Contest 2010: Call for Entries

There’s money in it for the top three video entries, and who needs cash more than a monkey? College students. [ READ MORE ]

Pell Grant Qualifications

Obama is upgrading the higher education system in this country (we hope), starting with an increase in Pell Grant award amounts. [ READ MORE ]