(Daily Californian) by Audrey McNamara. The University of California released fall 2017 admission data today. The data reflects a 1.7 percent drop in California resident admission. Due to last year’s abnormally large in-state class — adding an additional 7,500 in-state students, the university is still on track to meet its goal of adding 10,000 California students by […]
Read More »(US News & World Report) by Danny Ruderman. Now that college acceptance and rejection decisions have found their destinations for another year, it is finally time that someone steps up and says what needs to be said: The college admissions process is broken and needs to be fixed. As an independent college counselor, I have […]
Read More »(Campus Technology) by Dian Schaffhauser. Ed tech company Hobsons has introduced new functionality into Naviance, a K-12 college and career “readiness” program that helps counselors match up student strengths and interests with their post-secondary goals. “Intersect,” as the new feature is named, allows college admissions offices to publish information about their institutions to the high […]
Read More »(US News) By Briana Boyington — Applying to college can get expensive, fast. Between campus visits, standardized tests and application fees, families can spend hundreds of dollars on college before the acceptance letters start rolling in. On top of that, many students enter the college application process unaware of the costs. “I think that depending on the college, there […]
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