The Wall Street Journal has an interesitng article on personality tests and the college admissions process. Certain colleges, including BC and Tufts, have begun to use questions that reveal an applicant’s personality on their applications. It’s an interesting concept, but personality seems pretty hard to quantify.

Joie Jager-Hyman, a former admissions officer at Dartmouth, has an interesting article in Forbes about getting into Ivies and other competitive colleges.

In Part 1 of my Final Countdown series, I talked about how to make an initial list of colleges you’re interested in applying to. Now, of course, you should apply where you want to. But you also need a list of schools that have varying probabilities of accepting you. No matter how smart you are, [...]

The essay is one of the most dreaded portions of the college process. It requires a huge amount of time and effort, and can really influence where you get in. You can’t turn yourself into an amazing writer in a few months, so you should accept that your essay won’t be perfect. College admissions counselors [...]

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 Part 2, I talked about visiting colleges and narrowing down your list. In part 3, I discuss about how to make that final decision once you’ve [...]

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 [...]