College Blogs Offer Admission Advice & More
Friday, October 2nd, 2009You can read students’ perspectives about dozens of colleges – including MIT, Amherst, Bates, Carleton, Colby, Haverford, Johns Hopkins, Oberlin, Vassar, Wellesley and and Yale — by checking out student blogs on the schools’ web sites.
Student blogs are a valuable tool for prospective applicants seeking “behind-the-scenes” information about admission and student life.
Many high school juniors and seniors follow the blogs at the colleges they interest them. Blogger write about a potpourri of topics — admission, clubs, activities, athletics, social life, summer jobs, classes, academic work load, travel, weather, daily life and much more.
MIT’s site contains twelve student and four admissions & financial aid staff member blogs. Click here to check out MIT’s site.
emilee says:
October 27th, 2009
6:29 pm
Do you have a list of helpful student blogs? I’m googling around and also using acceptedge for insight, but want to make sure I absorb all that I can before deadline!
Lauryn says:
October 29th, 2009
7:29 pm
The student blogs on college Web sites are super helpful. Definitley gives you a different kind of perspective about the school that you wouldn’t get from a standard campus tour. Also, AcceptEdge, which helps narrow your college search by telling you which colleges you have a better chance of getting in to helps this process. I have been using AcceptEdge, and based on results, then going to the student blogs per each university.
Publisher says:
October 29th, 2009
9:35 pm
Check out InLikeMe.com for information about (and links to) student blogs.