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Congratulations! Your high school student has been admitted to a variety of colleges. After looking at finances, social life, and academics, you’ve got one more question: what happens after graduation?
How to Find the Best Engineering College for You : Rankings and Research
Last week, I had a parent ask me what the best resource was for determining the best engineering college in the southeastern United States. This is a difficult question to answer. I used to be the person in the admissions office that provided data to the ratings agency, and I distrust ratings in general. I think they are really good at collecting information that you don’t really need and then creating a system that has solid data but doesn’t answer the question that matters to you. Note that there are excellent schools, like Reed College, that don’t participate in the ratings. Does that mean you won’t consider it? When you throw in the fact that places including Claremont McKenna College, Bucknell University, George Washington University, Iona College, and Tulane University’s business school have been charged with cheating the ratings by cooking their books, the picture gets even murkier.
Hitting the Academic Wall: How 11th Graders Can Break Through at the End of the Year
Most of the juniors I am working with have entered the “blackout period,” the time of year when their top priorities are preparing for AP exams, prepping for SAT subject tests, and finishing their junior years with a strong performance.
What might cause my admission to be rescinded?
Making a mistake
Whether you hear about it though gossip around the high school or an article in the local paper, each spring there are whispers about the superstar student who made a mistake and learned that all the great colleges he got into have rescinded their offers of admission. More than a decade of hard work gets no reward, and the student is left feeling devastating regret. In truth, it happens every year at schools around the country, and for many different reasons. The valedictorian who was too busy to write her essays downloads a sample essay for one of her applications, and the Ivy that accepted her finds out. The spring break party that got out of hand results in 10 arrests for underage drinking, and now all the students involved have records. The top student with a spotless academic record tries to cut corners and is caught cheating on an exam. It is inevitable that teenagers with underdeveloped frontal lobes will have a tendency to make dumb decisions at some point in high school.
