Vantage Academic Solutions LLC

08/01/2011

Vantage Academic Scholarship award letters have been mailed out! We had fantastic candidates and congratulate all students for their great achievements and accomplishments. Good luck to all in their future endeavors!

05/04/2011

US Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan wrote an open letter to educators in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week:

I have worked in education for much of my life. I have met with thousands of teachers in great schools and struggling schools, in big cities and small towns, and I have a deep and genuine appreciation for the work you do. I know that most teachers did not enter the profession for the money. You beca

05/04/2011

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Thank you, teachers, for all that you do ... you deserve more than a week's worth of recognition!

04/27/2011

We are excited to announce that we will be awarding our first annual Vantage Academic Scholarship this summer! Visit http://www.vantageacademic.com/scholarship.html for more information and application materials!

The Vantage Academic Scholarship is designed to recognize a high school senior's outstanding academic performance and financial need as they pursue a degree program in the 2011-2012 academic year. All eligible high school seniors are encouraged to apply!

03/31/2011

We are proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of the Inaugural Pi Miler Run, hosted by the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology's Class of 2013!

Registration is open to the ALL TJ students, faculty, staff, parents, siblings and alumni as well as the community at large.

03/31/2011

Did you know that a vast majority of the ~2000 colleges/universities in the United States accept all those that apply? However, there are the also the institutions that are highly selective in their admissions. Here is a (work-in-progress) list of the 2011 acceptance rates of some of the most competitive schools in the country.

The election-style returns on the Class of 2015 begin to stream in, including acceptance rates of 6 percent to Harvard; 7 percent to Columbia and Stanford, and 8 percent to Princeton.

03/31/2011

Curious about what college admissions committees discuss about their applicants? Here's a peek into Amherst College's process of admitting students into their competitive program.

Admissions committees at selective colleges sometimes have to plow through thousands of applications to choose the members of next year's freshman class. The committee at Amhest College in Mass., will accept only 1,000 of the more than 8,000 students who applied.

03/31/2011

An informative look into who applies for and receives scholarships.

Speaking of scholarships ... stay tuned for more information regarding our first annual Vantage Academic Scholarship!

Numerous scholarships are aimed at minorities as part of efforts to boost diversity on American college and university campuses. But some white students complain they're having a hard time finding grants that they're eligible for. Mark Kantrowitz publishes Fastweb.com, a free scholarship matching se

03/31/2011

President Obama at Kenmore Middle School in Arlington, VA: "It's not enough to leave no child behind. We need to help every child get ahead."

President Barack Obama called Monday for Congress to pass education reforms by the time students return to school next fall, telling a Virginia middle school that fixing problems in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act -- more commonly known as "No Child Left Behind" -- should be a top priorit

09/08/2010

Start the new school year off with stronger study habits. Some suggestions: vary your study locations and mix up practice problems.

Psychologists have discovered that some of the most hallowed advice on study habits is flat wrong.

09/08/2010

Welcome to the new school year! Here's to a successful year for all!!