Archive for the ‘ College Admissions ’ Category
When I took the Rite of Passage for American High School Students (standardized tests written by pain-in-the-ass adults whose heads are shoved so far up their exit ramps that they can no longer navigate reality), I must say I had a rather cavalier attitude about the whole thing. Almost twelve years of public school had made me quite the badass standardized test taker; I was unconcerned[ READ MORE ]
It turns out parents and students are less than rational when it comes to choosing institutions of higher learning for the prospective college student’s matriculation. Paying for the education venture twists everyone’s grey matter into knots as well. Let’s keep our heads in the game, people![ READ MORE ]
Reasons behind the reduced high school experience: Indiana will save between $6,000 and $8,000 per student, which will then be used for college scholarships; and most college-bound teens are done with their core requirements and have sent their paperwork in to their future colleges and universities and spend most of senior year decompressing and having fun (the humanity!) instead of focusing on their studies. [ READ MORE ]
Stop panicking, all is not lost. There’s work to be done, so pull your freaking out little self up, take a deep breathe, and get to it. [ READ MORE ]
High school seniors who’ll be heading off to college in the fall are so over all the work they’ve put in thus far, every cell in their burnt out bodies is screaming to be finished. Seniors (and their cells, apparently) are fresh out of blood, sweat, and tears and it’s all they can do not to write it all off and just let go until June[ READ MORE ]
It’s a good message: this number is not what it all comes down to. Move on. [ READ MORE ]
For high school seniors, April means making the biggest decisions of their College Admissions Odyssey: Which college to pick among the colleges that have chosen said seniors[ READ MORE ]
The parents who will be driving their offspring to insanity as soon as the kids can spell S-A-T start in on the psychotic haranguing early[ READ MORE ]
Sometimes flying by the seat of your pants works out stupendously, but every once in a while it’s wise to be prepared[ READ MORE ]
It turns out you really can pay someone to do your writing for you in high school, college, and grad school. You just need a fistful of cash and a moral compass that’s lacking a true north[ READ MORE ]