Newsletter Archives
Weekly Wisdom
Issue
4/22/04
Intro.
Financial aid weekly wisdom. Financial aid articles about
merit-based scholarships and financial aid common blunders,
will financial aid hurt my admission chances, 10th and 11th
grade summer plans, and a look at The University of Michigan.
Issue
4/15/04
Last bit of college applications.
Articles about the new SAT scores. Questions about what to
do if you get waitlisted. and a review of Swarthmore.
Issue
12/16/04
Differences
between private and public school applications, private school
essays, list of schools that don’t need SAT/ACT scores
for applications, GraduationWatch.org, articles about the
New SAT, junior – planning your timetable, and a look
at Northwestern University.
Issue
11/9/04
Affirmative
Action and checking off “the race box”, articles
about drug use on SAT and privatization of public colleges,
question about eccentric activities, online app tips, and
visiting Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Issue
10/29/04
Application no-no’s,
factors in admission articles, rushing sat scores, Vanderbilt
University
Issue
10/20/04
ACT/SAT
Diagnostic Evaluation. Articles about the “IM”
effect and new rankings of colleges. Declaring a major. Rolling
admissions. The University of Virginia.
Issue
10/12/04
Enthusiasm
for college. December SATs. "Oddball" essays. Occidental
College.
Issue
9/27/04
Importance
of Reading. Articles about costs of college and student loans.
Letters of recommendation from famous people. Activity sections
on applications. Vocab words of the week. Hampshire College.
Issue
9/18/04
The NEW SAT – first
analysis. Articles about interview prep and AP courses, interview
prep in general, middle of the road schools to pack the college
list, vocab of the week, and George Washington University.
Issue
9/11/04
Career Advice & Personality
Tests, Applying to Expensive Schools, Know-it-All Essays,
Articles about rankings and getting into all colleges, Vocab
Words, Rice University
Issue
9/4/04
College Reps, Newsweek’s
Hot Colleges, Senior year grades on applications, securing
teacher recommendations, and testing timetables for 10th and
11th graders.
Issue
8/24/04
jBack to school tips, articles
about tutoring and senioritis, love letter essays, where to
find schools, U Penn
Issue
8/10/04
ACT vs. SAT, Start year off
with a bang, “Safety Schools”, The Myth of Selectivity,
The Claremont Colleges.
Issue
8/1/04
Class Choices for 10th, 11th,
12th graders. College Calendar. No-Excuses Essay. Articles
by The Prep School and keeping in your kids lives without
overkill. Tufts University.
Issue
7/16/04
De-Stress your seniors. Articles
about SAT scores. Common Application. Activity Lists. Emory
College. 10th & 11th grade counselor advice.
Issue
7/1/04
The NEW SAT, articles about
Ivy League Addiction & Wait Lists, Early Action, The Importance
of "Safe" schools, and Reed College.
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