(This is part 8 of Comparison of Top 11 College Search Engines)
When we were visiting colleges with my son, one small liberal arts college pulled the parents aside for a discussion of the Liberal Arts and gainful employment. I don’t think the session was actually called that but it was definitely the idea behind the session. Will my child be able to get a job if she majors in the Liberal Arts?
Will I get in? If you just listen to the media starting at the beginning of April, you would think that the answer to this question for most college applicants is no. All you hear about is the ever decreasing admittance rates at some of the most highly competitive colleges and universities in the country. What possible chance does your kid have in getting in?
(This is part 6 of Comparison of Top 11 College Search Engines)
The fifth college criteria for our fictional student is that it must be located in or near a major city. There are plenty of good reasons for this requirement including transportation access, cultural and recreational attractions, part-time employment opportunities, and availability of internships.
(This is part 5 of Comparison of Top 11 College Search Engines)
The fourth element for our fictional high school student’s college search is school size. Without ever having attended college, many high school students have some very definitive ideas about what size school they want to attend. “Big” is associated with endless academic options, social opportunities, and alumni networking. “Small” is about personalized attention, small classes, dinners with professors, and tight-knit social groups.
(This is part 4 of Comparison of Top 11 College Search Engines)
Most college students attend a school within a four-hour drive of their home. Fifty percent are actually within 100 miles of their home. Location is usually one of the primary factors in the college search. It is the first option for five of the eleven college search websites and a near the top in three more. Seven of the websites offer the option to search by distance from a zip code.
It’s easy to spend a lot of money on books and services to help with the college admissions process. The problem is that families often don’t know enough to know which questions to ask to find the best resources for them. Fortunately, there are a variety of free college guides available that can serve as a place to begin the search.
(The following is a guest post by? John Rood of Next Step Test Preparation)
After astronaut, princess, and pro football player, doctor is one of the professions that people know they want to enter when they are young. Of course, doctor is the one that students generally stay with. For students who plan on going into medicine, choosing a college with a great pre-med program is a critical step.
(The following is a guest post by Scott Huntington.)
It’s a new year and a new semester! Your senior year is halfway finished, and graduation is right around the corner. College is so close you can almost grab it, but there’s one final obstacle in your path: your final semester.
There’s a widely held belief that the harder it is to get into a college, the better the college must be. After all Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, and Yale all have acceptance rates of less than ten percent and look how good they are. Or are they good because they have acceptance rates of less than ten percent?