(Courtesy of The Huffington Post) – After five years of deliberation, DePaul University has decided to make submission of ACT or SAT scores optional, starting with the 2012 admission cycle, making it likely the largest private non-profit school to do so. The decision reflects the school’s mission to serve their diverse student body, including many [...]
WUE (pronounced “woo-wee”) is the Western Undergraduate Exchange, a program of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). Through WUE, students in western states may enroll in more than 140 two-year and four-year college institutions at a reduced tuition level: 150 percent of the institution’s regular resident tuition. The program began in 1987 and [...]
This article written by Jennifer Gonzalez is courtesy of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Excelencia in Education expects to announce on Wednesday several plans to accelerate its national efforts to improve college completion among Hispanics, the fastest-growing minority group in the United States. Fifty groups will be joining the campaign, the nonprofit organization will say. [...]
Now that you’ve been out of school for at least a few weeks and with the July 4th holiday behind us, it’s a great time to start thinking about what you can do throughout the summer that will help make your college application stronger this fall. Here’s my list of Top 10 things to do [...]
As mentioned earlier, we will profile various Gap Year programs throughout the next several weeks. At a recent college counselor conference, I had the great pleasure of meeting Chris Stakich, one of the founders of Thinking Beyond Borders, an 8-month international Gap Year program. Participants of this program are able to explore international development through [...]
