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By Emily Schmidt July 26, 2017 (HER CAMPUS) — With the release of this year’s Common App essays on the horizon, you’re probably already thinking about the upcoming deadlines. The beginning of November usually marks the first round of application due dates. If you’re a little late to the application scene, it’s really important to […]

By Melissa Dittmann Tracey Sept 1, 2006 (COLLEGEBOUND.NET) — What you do on MySpace doesn’t always stay on MySpace. At least that’s the lesson high school students across the country are learning. Recent news of teachers and administrators snooping online postings of current and potential students is rampant and justifiably so, considering the consequences. When […]

By Pat Regnier May 10, 2009 (MONEY MAGAZINE) — At the 50,000-student University of Florida, only 50 or so undergrads major in geology. It’s not exactly an easy subject. But Michael Perfit, the department’s chairman, says that thousands of UF’s liberal arts undergrads fulfill their science requirement with geology – and they do a lot […]

By Oliver Staley Aug 22, 2009 (Bloomberg) — Harvard University, the oldest institution in U.S. higher education, ousted Princeton University from the top of U.S. News & World Report’s best- college rankings for the first time in nine years. Princeton of New Jersey led the standings last year and was first or tied with Harvard […]

By Jon Weinbach Apr 6, 2007 (The Wall Street Journal) — Before mailing out acceptance and rejection letters over the past week, thousands of colleges and graduate schools conducted their usual reviews of test scores, transcripts, and essays. But less publicly, admissions officers focused on something else: police databases, plagiarism checks, and reports by private-investigators. […]

By Shelly Banjo June 1, 2008 (WALL STREET JOURNAL) — One time-honored strategy to lower the cost of college is to opt for a public college or university rather than a private one. But the cost savings may not be as great as some prospective students and their families think — and it thus makes […]