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What Will College Be Like in the Fall? Administrators, professors, a union representative and students consider the new realities of life on campus in the midst of a pandemic.

From "helicopter" to "snowplow" - a parenting update...

How Parents Are Robbing Their Children of Adulthood Today’s “snowplow parents” keep their children’s futures obstacle-free — even when it means crossing ethical and legal boundaries.

UC and other state university rankings got boosted with revised criteria for the US News college rankings

U.S. News revamps formula for its latest college rankings This is the first update since POLITICO reported the widely read rankings promote economic inequality on campus.

The Dean's list, the Z-list, tips, lopping, the personal rating - Harvard's intricate steps in their admissions decision revealed in a bias lawsuit

‘Lopping,’ ‘Tips’ and the ‘Z-List’: Bias Lawsuit Explores Harvard’s Admissions Secrets The suit, which accuses the university of discriminating against Asian-Americans, has shed light on little-known aspects of Harvard’s selection process.

How colleges rate things like personal character

College Admission Is Not a Personality Contest. Or Is It? Harvard’s use of personality traits to rate applicants raises questions about how to evaluate intangible criteria. Here’s what some scholars and former admissions officers say.

As Regular Decision deadline closes in, and you feel like you're still procrastinating, what can you do? Heed some personal advice from self-admitted perennial procrastinators who were finally successful in applying to college. http://admissions.tufts.edu/apply/advice/procrastinators-guide-2017/

The Procrastinator's Guide

‘Read me!’: Students race to craft forceful college essays as deadlines near.

“I’ve seen rough essays that still powerfully convey a student’s personality and experiences, and on the flip side, I’ve seen pristine, polished essays that don’t communicate much about the students and are forgotten a minute or two after reading them.” Tim Wolfe, associate provost for enrollment and dean of admission at the College of William & Mary.

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‘Read me!’: Students race to craft forceful college essays as deadlines near Intense admissions scramble leads some well-off families to hire pricey essay consultants.

0.66% admission rate for over 18,000 applicants! Not to a college or university, but to NASA's astronaut candidate training program. Good to know college application isn't the toughest thing out there. OK, let's meet NASA's astronaut candidates, Class of 2017, and see how a solid STEM education have paved the road to their new hard-won career. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-newest-astronaut-recruits-to-conduct-research-off-the-earth-for-the-earth-and

NASA Announces its 2017 Astronaut Candidates After receiving a record-breaking number of applications to join an exciting future of space exploration, NASA has selected its largest astronaut class since 2000. Rising to the top of more than 18,300 applicants, NASA chose 12 women and men as the agency’s new astronaut candidates.

Stepping outside the comfort zone - a liberal arts education that opens up an interdisciplinary world of studies in languages, literature, digital humanities, Euro-Chinese literary relations, and more. https://www.princeton.edu/news/2017/05/26/other-words-valedictorian-chow-finds-connection-purpose-language-and-life-princeton

In other words: Valedictorian Chow finds connection, purpose in language and life at Princeton Jin Yun Chow's studies in Latin, German and Old Irish, as well as literature classes in Chinese and French, have taken the Princeton senior to the top of her class. A comparative literature major, Chow is the valedictorian of the Class of 2017.

Princeton Summer Journalism Program, a paid-for journalism and college preparation program for high school student journalists, encourages applications from outstanding students from low-income backgrounds who are interested in pursuing careers in journalism. Deadline is February 26, 2016. http://www.princeton.edu/sjp/

The Princeton University Summer Journalism Program - Summer Journalism Program: The Princeton... The Princeton University Summer Journalism Program welcomes about 20 students every year to Princeton University's campus for a 10-day, all-expenses-paid seminar. Our participants are sophomores and juniors from high schools across the Northeast and Chicago. Professional journalists teach seminars o…

Liberal arts degree holders are hot new hires in tech companies http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2015/07/29/liberal-arts-degree-tech/

That 'Useless' Liberal Arts Degree Has Become Tech's Hottest Ticket Stop thinking of Silicon Valley as an engineer's paradise. There's far more work for liberal arts majors -- who know how to sell and humanize.

How a tiger parent retracts her claws http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/why-i-stopped-being-a-tiger-mother-9763316.html

Why I stopped being a tiger mother My 10-year-old daughter Lily sat back on the therapist's chair and described the evil culprit responsible for making her believe she would never be able to do maths. Then asked to draw this person, Lily sketched an angry, disapproving figure, hands on hips, with a mouth open with criticism, standing…