Since 1974, you’ve been able to legally request and receive a college’s notes on your application. The only thing? Nobody really knew it until about a week ago. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 requires schools to hand over admissions documents within 45 days of receiving the request for information. That’s […]
This is a great list compiled by MarketWatch.com. Each link rolls through to an explanation: 1. Not all grades are created equal 2. We don’t trust your essay 3. We’re having second thoughts about the SAT 4. Obsessing over class ranking? That’s adorable 5. It pays to make nice with your teacher 6. We only […]
For those of you still looking for a great college, NACAC just released a list of over 250 schools that did not hit their admissions targets. You may still have time to get these colleges your FAFSA and CSS Profile aid form information and qualify for some need-based aid, or possibly land a significant tuition […]
By Janet Rosier, Independent Educational Consultant, www.janetrosier.com High school students and their parents are inundated with advice about college admissions. Everyone you speak to, it seems, has a theory on what is the most important factor in a student’s chance of being admitted to FirstChoice University. It is high SAT scores. It is being an […]
So there’s this number out there that pretty much everyone in college admissions obsesses over. Their Acceptance rate. The acceptance rate is the percentage of students who apply to a school who are then accepted. Pretty simple? Not so fast. Check out The Choice’s breakdown of college acceptance rates. Did you know 51% of the […]
