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About.com - College Admissions
About.com is a great resource for college admission articles. We have compiled a list of their most helpful 10 articles over the past three months.
| About.com - About College Admissions: U.S. |
| 1. The Best Women's Colleges |
Wellesley College
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The colleges on the list were chosen based on a range of factors such as academic reputation, curricular innovations, student / faculty ratios, first-year retention rates, six-year graduation rates, selectivity, financial aid and student engagement. If there is a college that you think belongs on the list but isn't, please share your recommendation below.
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The Best Women's Colleges originally appeared on About.com College Admissions: U.S. on Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 23:36:05. Permalink | Comment | Email this |
| 2. Ace Your College Interview |
| August is a great time for visiting colleges and meeting with college admissions counselors. However, before you find yourself in any kind of college interview situation, make sure you can easily answer these 12 college interview questions. If you want to be really prepared, develop answers to these 20 more college interview questions.
The interview is the perfect opportunity for putting a human face on your application. Admission to most highly selective colleges is a holistic process -- it is about the whole person, not just numbers and test scores. Because the interview is one of the few places where your personality and passions can really shine forth, so be sure to avoid these 10 college interview mistakes. Ace Your College Interview originally appeared on About.com College Admissions: U.S. on Thursday, July 29th, 2010 at 22:57:12. Permalink | Comment | Email this |
| 3. Top Georgia Colleges and Universities |
University of Georgia
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Georgia's top colleges and universities represent a wide range of public, private, large, small, and specialized schools. My list of the top 12 Georgia colleges includes an engineering school, an art school, four single-sex colleges, and a college with a strong religious affiliation. You can probably guess that Emory, Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia are on the list. Some of the other selections may be less familiar. The schools on the list were chosen based on a variety of factors such as academic reputation, curricular innovations, first-year retention rates, six-year graduation rates, selectivity, financial aid and student engagement. Check out the list to see who made the cut.
To get a partial idea of what it takes to get into these top Georgia colleges, I've created side-by-side comparison charts of the ACT scores and SAT scores of matriculated students.
Is there another Georgia college that you think deserves a spot on the list? If so, share your recommendation below.
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Top Georgia Colleges and Universities originally appeared on About.com College Admissions: U.S. on Monday, July 26th, 2010 at 14:47:41. Permalink | Comment | Email this |
| 4. Should Middle School Students Be Thinking About College? |
| Is middle school too early to be thinking about college? To a large extent, yes. Colleges will not look at grades or activities from before 9th grade. No one -- parents or students -- should be losing sleep over college during those middle school years, and parents shouldn't be placing lots of college pressures on middle school kids.
That said, a thoughtful and common sense approach to middle school can help a student achieve success once high school rolls around. Here are seven middle school tips to help a student get a strong start to high school.
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Should Middle School Students Be Thinking About College? originally appeared on About.com College Admissions: U.S. on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 06:00:28. Permalink | Comment | Email this |
| 5. Junior Year College Preparation |
| Rising high school juniors have an important year coming up. Junior year is the last for which colleges will see a year's worth of grades, and ideally those grades will be as good as (if not better than) freshman or sophomore year. Your application will look best if your grades are trending upwards, not down.
Junior year is also a time for advanced placement courses, the PSAT, a first run at the SAT or ACT, and deeper involvement in extracurricular activities. It will be early in senior year when you apply to college, so you can't put off strengthening your credentials until your final year of high school.
These 10 tips for junior year college preparation can help keep you on track as you gear up for college applications.
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Junior Year College Preparation originally appeared on About.com College Admissions: U.S. on Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 at 06:00:42. Permalink | Comment | Email this |
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