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Good Colleges for UnderachieversSo maybe you weren’t exactly a star student. Maybe you spent your junior year A.P. Chem class blowing things up, instead of memorizing the periodic table. Maybe you never did pass in your term paper on “Great Expectations” even thou...

College Application Tips You Don’t Expect: Part 3Last week, we may have surprised some of you by suggesting that you forget about your admissions essays. To conclude the series of “College Application Tips You Don’t Expect, we have the audacity to tell you to write your own letter of re...

Financial Aid

How to Pay for CollegeAlthough it may seem like after January 1st, all you have to do is sit back and wait for your acceptance letters, there’s a long way to go before you move into your college dorm. Applying to college is only the first step. If you hope to enter ...

The Start of Scholarship Application Season By Agnes Jasinski, Content Editor at Scholarships.com Whether you’re just beginning to apply early decision to colleges on your list or are already on the campus of your choice, November is the perfect time to begin seeking out and applying fo...

College Trends

Operation: Don’t Get RejectedTwo steps forward, one step back. With Christmas around the corner, and my application deadline creeping up, I am about ready to drown myself in a bowl of eggnog. I’ve really made some headway with my graduate school applications, yet I still h...

Stay Tuned Fri Dec. 11 for “College Shadow: Live Twitter Blo... On December 11, CampusCompare’s twitter account will be taken over by one Tufts University student who will be micro-blogging his exploits both in and out of the classroom. Get a feel for what college-life is really like with CampusCompare’s ...

College Athletics

The Rise & Fall of Tim Tebow, College Football Star for Chri...With all the “transgressions” flying around surrounding Tiger Woods, it seems that even the purest of the pure squeaky-clean athletes can turn out to be dirt bags. That being said, I wonder how long until we see the downward spiral of Tim...

College Basketball Refs Have a “Fair” BiasWe’ve always thought refs were biased during March Madness, and now we have scientific proof! A couple of professors (Kyle Anderson of Indiana University and David Pierce of Ball State) have done a study, published in the Journal of Sports Scie...

Dear Babs

College for Students with Learning Disabilities?Dear Babs, When my son was twelve, he was diagnosed with dyslexia and AD/HD. He is on medication and we have been helping him manage his schoolwork and daily stress with lots of coaching, prioritization, tutors, and scheduling. He has good grades an...

Do I have legacy at Vanderbilt?Dear Babs, My uncle is an alumnus at Vanderbilt University. I don’t know that much about the college, but I thought that if I have legacy, I should apply. What do you think? -Relatively Unsure — Dear Relatively, I hate to break it to you,...

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