by Cindy | Jan 3, 2017 | College Preparation
(NEWSER) – As high school seniors across the country anxiously wait for college acceptance—or rejection—letters, the Wall Street Journal offers a glimpse at a few success stories who received the dreaded thin envelope: Warren Buffett: Though his rejection from Harvard...
by Cindy | Dec 1, 2016 | College Preparation
Knowing the latest college admissions trends will ease your anxiety about the process. Let’s start with the good news: The odds for admission into a four-year college or university are good — seven out of every 10 seniors who apply get in, according to a recent...
by Cindy | Dec 1, 2016 | College Preparation, Educational Achievement, Personal Growth
President Obama’s pick for Education Secretary, John King, Jr., is headed for confirmation Mar. 9. King’s track record shows he loves standardized testing and quantifying learning. If he loves numbers and research, he should welcome what some teachers and families...
by Cindy | Oct 19, 2016 | College Preparation, Educational Achievement, Personal Growth
And where students who borrow end up with much less debt than the national average. Although the average college student is borrowing more every year, dozens of colleges have such low tuition, or such generous financial aid, that most of their graduates leave school...
by Cindy | Oct 19, 2016 | College Preparation, Educational Achievement, Personal Growth, Reading Comprehension, Technology, Test Taking, The Right Read Blog
Even with Facebook, Netflix and other digital distractions increasingly vying for time, Americans’ appetite for reading books — the ones you actually hold in your hands — has not slowed in recent years, according to a study by the Pew Research Center.Sixty-five...
by Cindy | Oct 18, 2016 | College Preparation, Educational Achievement, Personal Growth, Reading Comprehension, Test Taking
Anton Oberländer is a persuasive speaker. Last year, when he and a group of friends were short of cash for a camping trip to Cornwall, he managed to talk Germany’s national rail operator into handing them some free tickets. So impressed was the management with his...
