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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
