Archive for the ‘ Ivy League ’ Category

Amy Poehler’s Speech for Harvard Grads

Amy Poehler gave a commencement speech at Harvard. I shouldn’t have to write another word. If you require one line to convince you it’s watch-worthy: Poehler seamlessly slips words of wisdom into a long string of funny[ READ MORE ]

“Unbundling College: How to Avoid Spending $100,000 (or more) on a Credential You Don’t Really Need”

I’ve been a fan of Ramit Sethi for a long time. He’s smart and I like the way he thinks---simple and logical and rarely what I’m expecting. He comes from a money/business/finance direction, so reading what Ramit has to say about higher education, graduate degrees, necessity and money had to be done[ READ MORE ]

Tightly Wound Parental Units

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 ]

For-Profit Success vs. Not-For-Profit Failure

I don’t want to agree with Michael Platt that for-profit schools succeed and not-for-profit schools are seemingly always in financial straits, but he makes a certain amount of sense[ READ MORE ]

Hone Your Inner B.S. Detector

I think we all know how I feel about college rankings lists: unreliable. (That’s me being restrained and polite. Enjoy it now. It won’t last.)[ READ MORE ]

Factors to Consider When Choosing the Perfect College

The penultimate act before the ultimate goal is reached: choosing the perfect college[ READ MORE ]

Advice for the College Interview

Some practical advice for all prospective college students facing college admission interviews[ READ MORE ]

14 Ways To Save Green While Increasing Greenness

Arjun Muralidharan, aka the Productive Student, has a list of 14 ways college students can strive for greenness on Earth. You’ll want to do them all to slow the destruction of the planet, but you’ll actually do them to save yourself some coinage[ READ MORE ]

Checking Accreditation: Show Me You’re Smarter Than a Monkey

I don’t care how high your SAT scores are: if you’re planning to attend any institution of higher education that isn’t blatantly obvious in its accreditation (Stanford, Yale, etc.), and you don’t take the so-easy-a-monkey-could-do-it step of checking your intended school’s official accreditation status, then you’re an idiot[ READ MORE ]

How to Study: A Brief Guide

When the first week of classes have been attended and while you’re still focusing on first chapters, small quizzes, tolerable assignments, and the finer points on your professors’ syllabi, at the very least please skim this: How to Study: A Brief Guide[ READ MORE ]