This is part of a three-part series on Choosing the Right College. In Part 1, I talked about coming up with a list of 15-20 colleges to consider. In this Part 2, I will talk about visiting colleges and narrowing down your list. In part 3, I talk about how to make that final decision [...]

This is part of a three-part series on Choosing the Right College that will be posted in the next few days. The second part of this three-part series gives advice on visiting colleges. The third part talks about making the final decision about which college to attend.
Choosing where to apply is one of the most [...]

Each fall thousands of high school seniors debate whether they should limit their exposure on Facebook and other popular social networking sites, in case any college admissions representatives decide to search for them on one of these websites.
Does Facebook actually matter? Yes, says the Wall Street Journal. The article cites a study by Kaplan, which [...]

My tutor told me about this book, and my tutor’s tutor told her about this book, and now I’m telling you.
Ok I’m not really sure about my tutor’s tutor, but this is definitely a classic that belongs in any high school student’s toolbox. Hot Words for the SAT (Amazon affiliate link) organizes words by topic, [...]