College interviews can be stressful to some students. But what you need to realize is that this is a relatively easy part of the college process. If you follow these few basic bits of advice, you can ace your interview and leave the stress at home.
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Prepare by practicing with a friend or parent.
Get a good [...]

AdmissionsAdvice.com has published a blog post on college advice from actual college admissions officers. No surprises here if you’ve read our article on How to Write a Great College Essay, which emphasized setting yourself apart and letting your true personality emerge. Yale’s Director of Outreach and Recruitment put it this way:
“I’m interested in this person [...]

Even President Obama knows how important it is to be careful your online presence! As Reuters reports, the president said this during a question and answer session with 14- and 15- year old students:
“Well, let me give you some very practical tips. First of all, I want everybody here to be careful about what you [...]

US News and World Report has released its 2010 list of best colleges.
Check out the rankings for national universities and liberal arts colleges.
As we always say, use these kinds of lists as a rough guide when looking at schools. Follow Regan’s advice – research thoroughly, visit the campuses, and find right fit for you.
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Add these to the wealth of online resources explored in Part 1 of Regan’s Final Countdown series and the list from AdmissionsAdvice:
Virtual College Tours – Campustours.com and Yourcampus360.com
Mark Montgomery from Great College Advice mentions two tools that allow you to visit campuses online, www.campustours.com and www.yourcampus360.com. These websites offer virtual tours, campus maps, and interviews [...]

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.

The College Board recently released the second edition to their Official SAT Study Guide, and it looks like a significant improvement on the original.
The main addition is the 10 new practice tests (2 more than the 1st edition), and more importantly, 3 recent exams. Those of us geezers who took the old SAT (the one [...]

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