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Harvard Graduate School has Admission Tips for Parents

The Harvard Graduate School of Education put together a report called Making Caring Common. It includes tips for parents who want to help their teenagers with the college admissions process. The Washington Post summarized the main idea of the report by pointing out that “Colleges want students who care.” The report says that most colleges want students who engaged in community service that is immersive, sustained, authentically chosen, and a powerful learning experience. Parents can help by exploring with their teenager what he or she finds to be meaningful. They may feel a passion to feed the homeless, or to … Continue reading →

America’s Best Colleges for 2009

Are you wondering what the best colleges in the nation are? Did Harvard beat out Yale? Id your chosen school on the list? U.S. News & World Report has released a ranking of the best colleges in America for 2009. The ranking is based on data that was collected from more than 1,400 colleges. You can read below for some of the highlights, or visit the story on the U.S. News & World Report website. The link is below at the end of this post. This report is not simply a one to 100 type of listing. It breaks the … Continue reading →

What are College Admissions Officers Saying about Homeschooling?

In a recent homeschooling graduation article the writer, Michael Alison Chandler also interviewed some college admission officers. Here is what the college admissions officers are saying: Granted, everybody’s kids are great,” said Earl Granger, associate provost for enrollment at the College of William and Mary. “But it’s great when we can get an external source to really comment on a student’s progress. While Former Stanford University Admission Counselor Jon Reider, feels homeschoolers’ maturity is an asset, he also said, The rising number of home-schoolers means they will have to work harder to set themselves apart. A lot of people in … Continue reading →

Yale Undergrads: The Best, The Brightest, The Taliban?

Perhaps you dream of the day when your child will be admitted to an Ivy League institution. Maybe you do more than dream. You save money. You contribute regularly to a 529 account. If you are fortunate enough to have elders who have done well and now look at estate planning, maybe you are working with them to find the best ways to fund education for the next generation. You and your high school student are researching scholarships, loans, financial aid. Maybe you are working with a consultant. Your student is studying, working, making a very high grade point average. … Continue reading →