Students starting the college search process in Illinois should visit the What’s Next Illinois website. It has basic search functions for all 2 and 4 year public and private institutions in Illinois along with the usual planning timelines. The site allows students to create an account that includes creating a portfolio to track all documents (testing and financial) and a journal for notes and comments. Read More
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The University of Kentucky offers pre-veterinary students research and internship opportunities through the Gluck Equine Research Center. The Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering offers engineering students a certificate in Nano-Scale Engineering. College of Business students participate in the departmental Research Experience Program. Students in the College of Arts & Sciences are eligible for international travel grants. First-year students can participate in the Discovery Seminar Program as an alternative to the General Education requirement. Read More
Often students generate a list of colleges based on some general statistics such as graduation rates, size, and location and then ask how to decide between them. The answer is to research them further to find their differences. But how do you research a college?
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Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire is home to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics which provides students with a variety of opportunities. The school also has the Dana Center for the Humanities which is a premier performing arts center. All students take four Humanities courses as freshman and sophomore years in Portraits of Human Greatness. The college has an Undergraduate Research Scholar Program that supports summer research with graduate level faculty mentors the summer before their senior year.
North Central College in Illinois offers study abroad courses during a December term. Students can also participate in a Chicago Term which consists of two classes and an internship. Read More
There are over 2,000 four-year colleges in the United States. How do you begin to find the good colleges you should apply to? To a certain extent, the definition of “good” will vary from student to student. However, there are seven things a college should have for it be a good college for a student to consider.
Finding colleges you like and worrying about how you will pay for them later is a bad idea. Families need to know how much they can afford and should use the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) calculator provided by finaid.org before they start trying to find the perfect college. They also need to use the cost calculators from the schools under consideration. Read More
Where to Start Looking to Find a College in North CarolinaThe College Foundation of North Carolina provides users with information on planning for college, finding a career, financial aid information, and colleges located in North Carolina. If you create a an account, the website allows you to apply to colleges and manage your high school transcript. Students interested in the Transferred Assured Admissions Policy also need to register at the CFNC website. The site offers a variety of webinars on using the site and also maintains a list of local consolidated financial aid workshops. Read More
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The University of Denver supports undergraduate research through its Partners in Scholarship program which includes funding. Cherrington Global Scholars are able to study abroad for the same cost as attending the University of Denver. Students have hands-on learning opportunities through the Mt. Evans Field Station, International Center for Journalism and New Media, and the Meyer-Womble Observatory.
The World Languages and Cultures Program at Drake University in Iowa is structured to have students learn to communicate in the language immediately. The J-Term program offers a variety of opportunities to explore areas students wouldn’t otherwise have time for. Read More
Are your chances of becoming president better today than they were in 1990? Given that the population in 1990 was 248,709,873 and increased by 24% to 308,745,538 in 2010, your chances are worse. While the general population has increased, there is still only one president. Despite population growth, we still have 435 members in the House of Representatives, the same number as in 1911. If the proportion of the number of representatives kept pace with the population since then, we would be looking at a House of Representatives approaching 1,500.
What does this have to with college admissions? There are still only eight Ivy League Universities and their class size certainly hasn’t been keeping up with population growth. Read More
Where to Start Looking to Find a College in PennsylvaniaThe Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) provides an interactive guide to student aid in Pennsylvania which can also be downloaded as a PDF. It has a college planning timeline and information on how to apply for financial aid including the Pennsylvania State Grant Program.
There doesn’t appear to be one central state website for searching for both public and private institutions or any sort of online planning system. Students can find information on state institutions on the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education website. The site doesn’t provide any sort of search function. The Pennsylvania Association for College Admission Counseling provides a list of college fairs in the state. Read More
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Furman is a Liberal Arts University in South Carolina. Students can attend a assortment of conferences and lecture series at The Riley Institute at Furman. Furman provides a variety research programs through its Furman Advantage & Hipp Fellowship Programs. Students can major in multi-disciplinary majors including Neuroscience, Sustainability Science, and Asian Studies. According to its Common Data Set, the average merit award for freshman with no financial need was $18,012.
Butler University in Indiana sponsors an Annual Undergraduate Research Conference with 30 different institutions participating. Students at Butler can spend a semester in Washington DC or at other colleges in a student exchange program. Its Center for Urban Ecology manages an urban farm which provides internships and research opportunities for students. 21% of freshman have a high school GPA between 3.0 and 3.5. Butler doesn’t list its financial aid section of the Common Data Set. Read More
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