Drew Faust, President of Harvard University, extols the benefits of a college education in an article for USA Today.
Though acknowledging the financial advantages in the job market offered by a college degree, Faust focuses in the piece on other benefits more difficult to measure:
"College takes students to places they've never been before."
"College introduces students to people they've never met before."
"College teaches students the virtue of slowing down."
Faust talks of how colleges help students to explore themselves and the world around them, to open their minds, find a passion, choose a field to work in. Yes, salaries are important, Faust says, but the value of a college education involves so much more.
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COLLEGE ADMISSION CHECKLIST: WHAT SENIORS SHOULD DO IN OCT-NOV
--Register for SAT (https://www.collegeboard.org/ ) or ACT
(http://www.act.org/ ), if necessary – last chance
to take test that will get scores to admissions offices before they begin to review applications – SAT
test date Dec. 6, 2014 (registration deadline Nov. 6); ACT test date Dec. 13,
2014 (registration deadline Nov. 7). Be sure to check online to confirm these
dates and all deadlines, including late registration deadlines and fees.
--Attend “college night” events at school or in community. Meet with admissions representatives that visit school.
--Finalize your list – Which colleges will you apply to? What are their deadlines? What is required for each?
--If you are applying “early” to any colleges, get all materials together ASAP. Check deadlines – (many colleges have a November 1 deadline). Do not wait until very last minute to apply, if possible.
--Check with each college to determine if any SAT Subject Tests are required – check registration deadlines for tests at www.collegeboard.org .
--Check deadlines and apply for local and national scholarships. (e.g. see sites like http://www.fastweb.com/ or http://www.zinch.com/ )
--Confirm with teachers about recommendations and with school counselors about school reports that will be sent to colleges on your final list.
--Complete application essays.
--Study hard and do your best work in every course. The grades you earn this term are important to the college admissions offices.
--Attend “college night” events at school or in community. Meet with admissions representatives that visit school.
--Finalize your list – Which colleges will you apply to? What are their deadlines? What is required for each?
--If you are applying “early” to any colleges, get all materials together ASAP. Check deadlines – (many colleges have a November 1 deadline). Do not wait until very last minute to apply, if possible.
--Check with each college to determine if any SAT Subject Tests are required – check registration deadlines for tests at www.collegeboard.org .
--Check deadlines and apply for local and national scholarships. (e.g. see sites like http://www.fastweb.com/ or http://www.zinch.com/ )
--Confirm with teachers about recommendations and with school counselors about school reports that will be sent to colleges on your final list.
--Complete application essays.
--Study hard and do your best work in every course. The grades you earn this term are important to the college admissions offices.
WHAT COLLEGE ADMISSIONS OFFICES WON'T TELL YOU - WSJ
According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal supplement, there are (at least) "10 Things College Admissions Won't Tell You".
The piece makes observations about several aspects of the college admissions process - for example: that colleges give more weight to grades in college-prep courses; that reviewers are aware that some essays they receive may be "ghost-written"; that a fair number of colleges are having second thoughts about requiring the SAT or ACT; that class rank is not as important as it used to be, with colleges preferring to take a "holistic" approach these days.
The piece also points out the importance of getting a good teacher recommendation and the weight colleges give to candidates who are children of alumni. In addition, it cautions that the admissions office monitors the status of accepted candidates' grades and conduct through graduation and beyond.
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http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/SUN_-A003.pdf
BETTER TO WRITE NOTES LONGHAND THAN TO USE LAPTOP, STUDY SAYS
In a recent study, researchers found that the use of laptops
to take notes may be “harming academic performance.”
According to the psychologists who conducted the study, college
students who had written their notes in longhand were more successful in
answering conceptual questions about the material than students who had taken
their notes with a laptop.
According to the study’s authors, Pam A. Mueller of
Princeton and Daniel M. Oppenheimer of UCLA, using a laptop to take notes
“results in shallower processing”.
The research was published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association of
Psychological Science.
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