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Why are so many kids dropping out of college and returning home?

Why are so many kids dropping out of college and returning home?

by Cindy | Apr 10, 2017 | College Preparation, Educational Achievement, Personal Growth

Miguel Flores was excited when he got into San Francisco State University. But after his freshman year, Flores decided not to go back. Reflecting on that decision two years later, Flores says he left because there was “too much focus on partying. I just didn’t spend...
Wanted: Factory Workers, Degree Required – The New York Times

Wanted: Factory Workers, Degree Required – The New York Times

by Cindy | Feb 2, 2017 | College Preparation, Personal Growth

When the German engineering company Siemens Energy opened a gas turbine production plant in Charlotte, N.C., some 10,000 people showed up at a job fair for 800 positions. But fewer than 15 percent of the applicants were able to pass a reading, writing and math...
How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math – Issue 40: Learning – Nautilus

How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math – Issue 40: Learning – Nautilus

by Cindy | Jan 28, 2017 | College Preparation, Personal Growth

How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in MathThe building blocks of understanding are memorization and repetition.BY BARBARA OAKLEYILLUSTRATION BY SAM FALCONERSEPTEMBER 15, 2016 ADD A COMMENT FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL SHARING REDDIT STUMBLEUPON TUMBLR POCKETI was a...
Some Colleges Have More Students From the Top 1 Percent Than the Bottom 60. Find Yours. – The New York Times

Some Colleges Have More Students From the Top 1 Percent Than the Bottom 60. Find Yours. – The New York Times

by Cindy | Jan 19, 2017 | College Preparation

Students at elite colleges are even richer than experts realized, according to a new study based on millions of anonymous tax filings and tuition records.At 38 colleges in America, including five in the Ivy League – Dartmouth, Princeton, Yale, Penn and Brown – more...
7 Really Famous People Who Were Rejected by Their Dream Colleges | MONEY

7 Really Famous People Who Were Rejected by Their Dream Colleges | MONEY

by Cindy | Jan 3, 2017 | College Preparation

7 Really Famous People Who Were Rejected by Their Dream Colleges. Greg Daugherty March 8, 2016 So there’s hope for the rest of us. If you’ve been on the receiving end of a college rejection letter lately or are worried that one might be coming along any day now,...
When Success Follows the College Rejection Letter – WSJ

When Success Follows the College Rejection Letter – WSJ

by Cindy | Jan 3, 2017 | College Preparation

Before They Were Titans, Moguls and Newsmakers, These People Were…RejectedAt College Admission Time, Lessons in Thin Envelopes By SUE SHELLENBARGERUpdated March 24, 2010 12:01 a.m. ETFew events arouse more teenage angst than the springtime arrival of college...
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