What Are Some Common College Admissions Myths? (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report – For something as complex as the college admissions process, it’s important to make sure you have all of the right information when it comes to dispelling myths. Donald J. from Park City, Utah, is helping everyone out with his question this week:
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What Are Some Common College Admissions Myths?
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Answering Questions About College Visits (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report – The May 16 blog post, “Follow 9 Tips to Window Shop for Colleges,” prompted a number of questions regarding college visits. I will address some of them in this week’s column. If you have questions about any aspect of the college admissions process, send them to me at TheAdmissionsInsider@usnews.com.
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Answering Questions About College Visits
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1 teen in Mass. bullying case still faces trial (AP)
AP – Five teens are expected to resolve charges against them this week in the bullying of a 15-year-old Massachusetts girl who later committed suicide.
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1 teen in Mass. bullying case still faces trial
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Make the Final College Choice Yourself (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report – This is the final week of reckoning for high school seniors. After months, if not years, of searching and sorting through college options, it all boils down to this week and–what for many students is the $50,000 question–”Where do I send my enrollment deposit?”
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Make the Final College Choice Yourself
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How Do I Choose From My Backup Colleges? (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report – It’s as competitive as it’s ever been in college admissions. With reports of schools receiving record numbers of applications–and dishing out a record number of rejections–knowing best strategies for picking from second-choice schools is key. This week’s question from Lauren B. in Houston tackles the issue of how to choose the right college from your wait-list and backup options.
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How Do I Choose From My Backup Colleges?
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Victim: Not enough prison time for Conn. ex-dean (AP)
AP – A teenager who says he was sexually abused at an exclusive Connecticut boarding school by a former dean of students was stunned and upset when the educator took a plea deal this week calling for a 9 1/2-year prison sentence, the teen’s lawyer said Wednesday.
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Victim: Not enough prison time for Conn. ex-dean
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Did Amy Chua’s Daughter Really Need a Tiger Mom to Get Into Harvard? (Time.com)
Time.com – Now that her eldest cub is bound for the Ivy League, the Tiger Mom has been tamed
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Did Amy Chua’s Daughter Really Need a Tiger Mom to Get Into Harvard?
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Here’s an idea: Teachers and school officials unite on education reform (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor – Can school teachers and administrators be friends? Secretary of Education Arne Duncan hopes more of them will be, and this week he has helped to trumpet a handful of success stories of labor-management collaboration in a bid to lessen the acrimony that can stifle education reform efforts.
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Here’s an idea: Teachers and school officials unite on education reform
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NYC mayor’s choice for schools stays under wraps (AP)
AP – The magazine executive Mayor Michael Bloomberg chose to lead New York’s sprawling public school system has spent the week shuttling between her Park Avenue apartment building and her office at Hearst Magazines, shadowed by City Hall aides who are briefing her on education issues.
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NYC mayor’s choice for schools stays under wraps
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Worker decries for-profit school tactics, to testify (Reuters)
Reuters – An employee at a for-profit college, due to testify before a senate committee this week, told lawmakers in a letter that she was pressured to twist information about former students to make them look more successful than they were.
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Worker decries for-profit school tactics, to testify
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