Guest Follow-Up to Personal Statements

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I often get emails from students with college questions, and teachers who want to use the program with their students. Every now and then, t...

Check out College Confidant for Admissions Advice

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Here are some thoughts straight from the founders of College Confidant, a new company at Harvard aiming to provide more affordable college a...

Brainyflix Vocab Contest!

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This time, Brainyflix is starting out with their Brainypics flashcard contest, in which students create interesting sentences and pair them ...

Personal Statements

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The personal statement can be one of the most daunting components of the college application. We recently received an email from a concerned...

ZOOMZ: A Community for 1st Generation College Students

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Hey everybody! Recently I had the pleasure of meeting Kathryn and Carlos from ZOOMZ.net, a network for students striving to connect with oth...

INeedAPencil is a Forbes Semi-Finalist!!!

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It's official: INeedAPencil.com is now one of only twenty semi-finalists in the 2009 Boost Your Business Contest on Forbes.com, competin...

A New Ranking for Colleges and Universities

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Yes, we are all well aware of the rankings put out by U.S. News every year for the "best" colleges and universities in the country...

Need Help with Financial Aid?

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For most high school students, the primary concern is getting into college, thus making the subsequent issue paying for college. As getting ...

To SAT, or Not to SAT: That is the Question

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Many higher education institutions have been debating whether or not they should keep the SAT as an admission requirement or if they should ...

Community Colleges: The Hottest Thing Since Sliced Bread?

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A follow-up to " America's 'Best Kept Secrets' - Community Colleges " Community colleges have been gaining recognition...

Follow up: SAT and ACT Prep: A way to rip parents off?

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Here is another article to add some info to the previous post " SAT and ACT Prep: A way to rip parents off? " http://www.krgv.com/...

SAT and ACT Prep: A way to rip parents off?

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Unfortunately for the parents of America, the recent rise in standardized test prep has also meant that there is a rise of scams in the test...

Potential and Low-Income Students: Is It Enough?

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There was an interesting article in The Washington Post today about the dearth of gifted low-income students who perform well. The author a...

Student Loans Going Public: Part 2

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And I thought I was angry... New York Times Editorial (This post is in response to Student Loans Going Public? ) Evan Kendall INeedAPencil S...

Twilight: The Vampire's Guide to the SAT

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Almost everyone is vampire crazy over the Twilight Saga that has become more of a high school student's necessity than a MySpace page. ...

Student Loans Going Public?

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President Barack Obama is currently trying to pass a plan through Congress to "end the role of private banks in the federal education l...

Technology: The New Way to Study?

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The ongoing transformation from books to electronics is becoming viral, something more and more SAT prep companies are discovering. In the w...

NYT: Regional Shift in Education Gap

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Here's the opening excerpt... Historically, the achievement gap between America’s black and white students was widest in Southern state...

Dreams of College Deferred?

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Many schools districts have recently cut funding for summer activities or schooling that are deemed essential in helping close the achieveme...

The Student Loan Crisis

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An independent education policy think tank called Education Sector recently released a report on student debt that analyzed 15 years of data...

America's "Best Kept Secrets" - Community Colleges

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Jill Biden spoke in Paris a few days ago, according to The New York Times , about the viability of American higher education largely resulti...

National Standards and Local Control - The Paradox of American Education

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An interesting article in The Christian Science Monitor  questioned federal standards set by lawmakers for students in light of the debate o...

Federal Funding - A Conflict of Interest?

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A recent article from The Columbus Dispatch sheds light on a paradox of our education system - there are more low-income students than the l...

Press Release

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Kevin Prior INeedAPencil Summer Associate Harvard College 2011

Recession and College Choice

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From The Dallas Morning News , personal anecdotes on how the recession is affecting high school students' choice of enrollment for highe...

College Affordability - A Zero Sum Game

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The Los Angeles Times reported yesterday that a survey conducted by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities foun...

Ricci v. DeStefano

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The Supreme Court's decision in Ricci v. DeStefano has become a topic of debate relative to equal opportunity of employment and Judge S...

FAFSA Simplification

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Last Wednesday, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the simplification of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by r...

SAT Scores

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The June 6 score results were posted online today for student test-takers. With the relatively new option of Score Choice (implemented last ...

SATs and State Exams

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"Let's Add SATs Into the Mix When Holding High Schools Accountable" by Mike Piscal http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ mike-piscal/...