Rachel Toor, author of Admissions Confidential, has spent nearly a decade in the college admissions business. A former admissions officer at Duke University who now works as a private college counselor, Toor has some college knowledge to share with collegebound juniors.
College applications have a funny way of warping your mind. It’s like childbirth (or so I’m told) in that your brain forgets all the bad stuff and remembers only the good. This post-traumatic stress disorder kicks in right as the stamp adheres itself to that last college app.
America might not need lots more science students
President Bush called on the country to break its addiction to Middle East oil in his State of the Union address last week. Easier said than done, says former Chevron geophysicist Peter Tertzakian, who talked to U.S. News about his new book, A Thousand Barrels a Second: The Coming Oil Break Point and the...
The applications are in the mail–including your applications for need-based financial aid. But if and when you do get an aid package, remember that the bottom line is not necessarily the bottom line. If you are not satisfied with your aid allotment, it’s worth a try to talk with your school in the hopes...