This course is designed to orient and assist both undergraduate and graduate students in all phases of the process of finding, evaluating and gaining entrance to the degree program each student needs. On this page you will find materials, links and assignments related to the course.
College Profiles
Which schools offer which majors?
Links and Articles:
Student Reviews
Interviews
Paying for College
Testing and Test Prep
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- College Data
- Univsearch
- Campus Explorer
- Campus Tours
- College Board
- College Express
- College Navigator/National Center for Education Statistics
- College Results Online
- Colleges of Distinction
- Colleges That Change Lives
- Collegedata
- Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges
- Education Conservancy
- Education Planner
- Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
- Hispanic Scholarship Consortium
- Hundreds of Heads
- Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
- Macleans Magazine/Canadian Universities
- National Association of Foreign Student Advisors
- National Association of Independent Colleges & Universities
- National Collegiate Honors Council
- Peterson's
- Princeton Review
- University and College Accountability Network
- US Colleges and Universities Links to Websites
- Wiseman Tech
'What's Student Life Like on Campus?'
Articles
- How Schools Evaluate English
- The Truth About Building a College List
- Common Application
- New SAT (NY Times)
- 4 C's Assessment of Colleges
- How to survive the college admission Process
- 5 College Admissions Mistakes you can Avoid
Reports
- Gallup-due report on College Value (NEW)
- Best Law School Rankings _ Law Program Rankings _ US News.pdf
- Best International Law Programs _ Top Law Schools _ US News Best Graduate Schools.pdf
- Most International Students _ Rankings _ Top National Universities _ US News.pdf
- National Liberal Arts College _ Rankings _ Data _ US News.pdf
- National University _ Rankings _ Data _ US News.pdf
- Best Business School Rankings _ MBA Program Rankings _ US News.pdf
- Best Undergraduate Business Programs _ Rankings _ Data _ US News.pdf
Outline of Topics
Week (exact dates t.b.d.) |
Textbook |
Reading and activities |
Week 1
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Overview of the course Begin self-analysis |
Academic Self-Assessment for the college bound |
Week 2
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Finish self-evaluation Begin evaluation of the schools |
The Truth About Building a Balanced College List Sites to match and find the right programs for each student |
Week 3
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Researching the schools Writing your finalists list |
Getting the applications for your schools |
Week 4
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Overview of the Application, section by section |
College Essays That Stand Out in a Crowd (New York Times) First look at common essay topics |
Week 5
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Factual , Education, Academic & Activities Questions The Essay Question: Why College "X"? |
Planning and outlining the first essay Writing the first essay |
Week 6
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Short Answer Questions
REVIEW of ALL TOPICS |
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Week 7
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Midterm Evaluation
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5 College Admissions Mistakes Foreign Students Can Avoid Midterm writing conferences |
Week 8
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Testing and test scores (see Wiki for links) |
Do Test Scores Matter? Register with the Common Application Essay conferences and rewrites |
Week 9
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School reports, Academic record |
Common App Instructions |
Week 10
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Essay 2: Overcoming adversity Questions |
The Order of Things (New Yorker) Advancing on the Common App |
Week 11
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Recommendations resumes and final touches |
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Week 12
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Preparing for Interviews Typical interview questions |
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Week 13 |
Acceptance package Post-acceptance decisions |
What to do if you don't get in |
Week 14 |
REVIEW AND FINAL EVALUATION |
Finish applications, submit and print out |
*Note
According to a speed-reading test sponsored by Staples as part of an e-book promotion (brilliant marketing, by the way), here are the typical speeds at which humans read, and in theory comprehend, at various stages of educational development: