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Common Application Update & Reminders

The Common Application released these statistics (as of December 15, 2011) along with 2010* comparisons: Individuals Applicants  411,799 (+19%) Submissions  Applications  1,372,017 (+20%) School Reports   976,745 (+58%) Teacher Evaluations   1,640,864 (+57%) *compared to 12.15.10 REMINDERS: School Forms Delivery If you…

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Don’t Stalk the Admissions Officer

The Choice, a New York Times blog, reviewed two recently published college admissions books  --  Don't Stalk the Admissions Officer: How to Survive the College Admissions Process without Losing Your Mind, for students, and I'm Going to College---Not You!: Surviving…

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Legacies Have Leg Up in College Admissions

Ever wonder about legacy preferences in college admissions?  Richard D. Kahlenberg’s book “Affirmative Action for the Rich: Legacy Preferences in College Admissions" examines legacy admission practices at a number of institutions including Brown, Princeton, Harvard, Penn and Dartmouth. The Choice…

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Great Values in Public Education

Edward Fiske, a former education writer and editor at The New York Times, is the author of numerous “Fiske Guide” books including the extremely popular Fiske Guide to Colleges 2011, 27E His most recent book, Fiske Guide to Getting into…

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New College Rankings from U.S. News and Forbes

U.S. News Best Colleges 2011 and Forbes America's Best Colleges 2010 have dominated the college admissions headlines recently. Not surprisingly, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale grabbed the U.S. New top three spots in the national university rankings followed by Columbia, Stanford,…

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