A new national survey gives high school guidance counselors some pretty poor grades, especially when it comes to helping students through the college application and enrollment process.
The national survey, conducted by Public Agenda and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, gathered information from over 600 participants, ages 22 to 30. The findings are [...]

Are you thinking about going back to school but don’t know where to start? Here’s yet another reason why you should consider a community college to continue your education!
Things are definitely looking up for community college transfer students. More private colleges than ever before are actively recruiting students from two-year schools in the hopes [...]

US News posted an interesting article providing advice from actual college admission’s officers. Here is an overview of the advise that they had to give.

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Colleges receive thousands of applications each year and these numbers continue to rise as the application process becomes easier thanks to online applications. Therefore, it is even more important than [...]

Now that most college application deadlines have come and gone, you may think there is nothing left to do but to sit back and wait to learn whether or not you were admitted into the college of your choice. In reality, there are still plenty of things you can do to help increase your chances [...]

The fact that colleges are utilizing “fast track” applications has started to garner a great deal of attention lately. In the New York Times, for example, one blogger seems to be almost offended that colleges are sending out pre-approval applications that are similar to those that are sent out to credit card customers. But, is [...]

Many fans of Disney’s “High School Musical” franchise are now old enough to apply to college. So, it’s only natural that admissions offices are working hard to find new tricks to lure them in! What better way to attract future students than a music video?
Enter Yale University. Following a complaint about a boring admissions video, [...]

According to the New York Times, many colleges around the nation are taking a more innovative approach toward attracting more applicants: direct mail marketing campaigns. In the past, direct mail marketing campaigns have been left more to the credit card industry, the telephone industry and other similar industries. But, with today’s economy combined with the [...]

How does a tiny, low profile college increase the number and diversity of student applications and boost its ranking in U. S. News & World Report? Like a growing number of schools, the College of St. Rose in upstate New York used the tried and true marketing tactic used by credit card companies: “No Fee!”
A [...]