Harvey Mudd College is the STEM school of the five undergraduates schools within the Claremont Colleges, joining Pitzer, Scripps, Claremont McKenna, and Pomona. These schools, plus two graduate institutes, lie within a square mile 35 miles east of Los Angeles.
Test-Optional at Emory, Rhodes, and UNC
The bottom lines: 1. Be careful about the conclusions you draw from numbers showing that a greater percentage of admitted students submitted test scores. Test scores often correlate to achievement in the classroom, so those with high scores most often
Guide to Paying for College
College Essay Guy The College Essay Guy, Ethan Sawyer, collaborated with financial aid expert Jeff Levy and others to put together this simple guide to paying for college. Check it out at the link below: https://www.collegeessayguy.com/paying-for-college/home
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: collaborative, interdisciplinary
The RPI Open House Nov. 14 conveyed the strength and flexibility of its programs. Rensselaer, in Troy, New York, comprises six schools: Engineering; Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences; the Lally School of Management; the School of Science; and Information Technology
Is this a good school?
Rick Clark, director of undergraduate admissions for the highly selective Georgia Tech, always writes an engaging blog, but this one is a gem! I love the photo of his daughter. On Sunday after lunch, I was watching college football highlights,
SAT/ACT dealt blows from UC, NCAA
From The Chronicle of Higher Education Reporter’s Notebook: The weakening grip of standardized tests. From our Eric Hoover: Since March 2020, I’ve written more articles about standardized testing than about anything else in the admissions realm. After all, the pandemic forced many
Bryant U. combines business with liberal arts
Transcript from PCACAC StriveScan college fair, Sept. 20, 2021 Bryant University has a long history dating all the way back to 1863. Our original campus was in downtown Providence, right where the campus of Brown University sits today, and then
Salve Regina: working toward harmony
Transcript from PCACAC StriveScan Sept. 19, 2021 My name is Christina Bertie and I am the Senior Associate Dean of Admissions at Salve Regina University. This is a picture of our campus. We are located in Newport, Rhode Island. So
RIT combines STEM and arts
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) (NY) mamadm@rit.edu Mariah Giardino Transcript from PCACAC StriveScan Sept. 19, 2021 My name is Maria McLean Guardino. I’m Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Rochester Institute of Technology. Alrighty, so we are located in upstate
Christopher Newport: “Dorms like palaces”
Christopher Newport University transcript from Sept. 19, 2021 StriveScan [I missed the very beginning of the presentation and the transcript starts here.] Most popular is our Masters of Arts in Teaching program. We also offer a masters of environmental science,