Harvard College admits 6.9% of applicant to Class of 2014 and wait lists an undisclosed, but thought to be large number of applicants.
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NMSQT / PSAT Qualifying Scores For National Merit Semifinalists
FairTest.org, the “National Center for Fair & Open Testing”, compiled qualifying scores for the Class of 2010 for each of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia. Students in Wyoming qualified with a PSAT score of 201, while 221 was the 2010 cut-off for students in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maine, Missouri and Maryland. It’s easier to become a National Merit contender in Florida and Michigan than California, Connecticut or New York.
Best 2010 Values in Public Education
From an in-state perspective, the top five public college values according to Kiplinger are:
The University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, University of Florida, University of Virginia, William & Mary, State University Of New York at Binghamton
Study Finds Guidance Counselors Are Overworked
A recent study released by the NACAC, the National Association for College Admission Counseling, and reported in The New York Times, found that nearly half of public schools have increased the caseloads of high school guidance counselors. According to the “2009 State of College Admission,” the average increase exceeded 53 students. In addition, the [...]
