Choosing a College After the Military
The following is a guest post by Scott Huntington.
In order to properly use the GI Bill – or any military benefit – you can’t choose just any college. Don’t pick your college based on its proximity to the beach or even your family. Not all colleges are interested in helping military personnel achieve their career goals; they’re more interested in the guaranteed funds from your GI Bill.
Does Getting An Ivy League Education Mean That You Belittle Those Who Choose Not To?
Curses on you Google Alerts! I managed to go over two years without paying any attention to the Ivy Coach blog. But last Friday while going through my weekly Google alerts for information on college admissions, I managed to click on links related to The Ivy Coach twice!
What the College Rankings Miss
Did you know that UT Dallas offers a Green Fellowship that allows students to pursue research projects at the UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas?
Did you know that the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures Composites Center hires undergraduate research assistants who have opportunities to become full research partners including being named authors on journal articles, named inventors on patents, and attending national and international conferences and meetings?
