When visiting college campuses, it is always wise to consider the campus crime rate. Questions about this do not usually elicit much information from tour guides or admissions offices. Regarding this information, you’ll have to be a bit of a detective. There are online sources, and when visiting, make time for a chat at the campus public safety office. (more…)
Crime on Campus
UNBELIEVABLE TUITION DISCOUNTS AND GRANTS FROM GREAT COLLEGES
STILL AVAILABLE! tAKE A LOOK: http://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2013/05/14/tuition-discount-alert-50-great-colleges-desperately-seeking-students/ Here are some of my favorite colleges!
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
University of San Francisco
NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA
RINGLING MANSION, NOW THE NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA
ECKERD COLLEGE
ECKERD COLLEGE
LAKE FOREST COLLEGE
LAKE FOREST COLLEGE
LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE
ADMIN BUILDING AND PARK
LYNCHBURG COLLEGE
lYNCHBURG COLLEGE
RANDOLPH COLLEGE
RANDOLPH
MARLBORO COLLEGE
MARLBORO COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS
UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS
There is never a guarantee in college admissions!
Tam Warner Minton, MS, Certified College Counselor located in Dallas, Tx
Twin Cities students find all A’s aren’t automatic ticket to college
Paul Levy, Star Tribune
Tanner McArdle earned a perfect 36 on his ACT college entrance exam. His grade-point average exceeds 4.1. He ran varsity cross county and plays in the orchestra at Anoka High School. He volunteers for two food shelves. He’s “the complete package,” his principal says.
But it wasn’t enough to get him into his first college choice: Stanford. (more…)
Here we go again: 2 more colleges caught “misreporting” data
York College of Pennsylvania and the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor have been moved to the “unranked” list on the US News and World Report’s College Rankings List. “Mary Hardin-Baylor originally said they had an acceptance rate of 27.4 percent in fall 2011; the true rate was actually 89.1 percent. York revealed it did not include [...]
Travels with Tam: University of Redlands’ Johnston Center, an Innovative Education
What is meant by Innovative? There are many definitions, I suppose, but in this context we are talking about how“Innovative undergraduate schools challenge how and why we learn. Instead of being taught down to, students are equal learners in the classroom, and are left to explore, change, and grow as individuals. Many innovative schools value [...]
What are “Ivies” and why are so few accepted? Is it really such a big deal?
It may come as a surprise, but the “Ivy League” was actually an athletic conference. Back in the day (long ago), when the Ivies (Harvard, Yale, U of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Princeton) were all male, there were also women’s “Ivies”, known as the Seven Sisters (Mt. Holyoke, Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, Radcliffe (merged with [...]
Steven L. Solnick on the role of the liberal arts college.
This is the inaugural address to the community of Warren Wilson College in NC from their new President: “The role for liberal arts colleges should be clear: we are society’s last chance to force people to mix — to encounter, debate and collaborate with people from different backgrounds and beliefs. It is our last chance, [...]
Social Media is PUBLIC.
Come ON! Have you heard about the sorority girl nasty rant? Lessons from the Sorority Girl Rant? It makes me want to scream: ANYTHING YOU POST ON THE INTERNET IS PUBLIC. If it is super stupid it will go viral. Read this article and remember the rules stated in it: – Anything you post will [...]
Top Ten Reasons Students Fail in College
http://www.ctl.ua.edu/ctlstudyaids/studyskillsflyers/generaltips/causesoffailure.htm?goback=.gmp_3872181.gde_3872181_member_232160854 All college, college bound students and parents need to read this! CAUSES OF FAILURE IN COLLEGE, released by The University of Alabama Center for Academic Success Every year more than 380,000 students fail out of college in the United States. The impact of college failure can cause lasting damage to self-esteem, and the consequences [...]
Travels with Tam: Oklahoma City University
I have one word: IMPRESSIVE! As the school has been around since 1904 (check out its history here), I wasn’t expecting the modern, beautiful buildings which mix in so beautifully with the older buildings. The campus is truly beautiful, but that is not all that is impressive about OCU!
