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5 steps to stop the madness of spending too much on Prep A CNN article reported that families are spending thousands on private counselors, SAT prep and other extras to get their kid into a top college. It suggests these 5 steps to stop the madness. 1) Get some perspective: Remember the college that your child attends is not likely to be the key factor in her future success. 2) Start with a budget: Test prep courses, tutoring sessions and other kinds of academic support are must spend. 3) Make your kid a standout: Make a list of his strengths and shortcomings, interests and points of indifference, focusing on enhancing strengths. 4) Find cheaper paths to the same goal: Instead of paying thousands to send your kid to help the poor in Belize, let her serve closer to home at, say, the local children's hospital or soup kitchen. 5) Look at the big picture: Don't let the process of getting into college and paying for it derail your family's other financial goals. For instance, is your retirement on track?	1	8/18/2008
Admissions Officers Browsing Facebook Profiles College Applicants, Beware: The Wall Street Journal reports that a survey of 500 top colleges found that 10% of admissions officers acknowledged looking at social networking sites to evaluate applicants. Of those, 38% said what they saw negatively affected their views of the applicant.	1	9/21/2008
College Counseling in Public High Schools A College Board survey reports that the average number of counselors per public high school in the U.S. was 2.7. According to National Association for College Admission Counseling, U.S. public high schools averaged 315 students per counselor. California has the highest student to counselor ratio at 994 students per counselor. Are you getting enough counseling at your school?	1	8/11/2008
College presidents seek debate on drinking age College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus.	1	8/19/2008
Homeschool vs Regular Schools Homeschooled Children Continue Outperforming Their Public School Counterparts as Homeschooling Increases in Popularity	1	8/18/2008
Increasing High School Graduation Rates 1 in 4 California high school students drop out. What can we do as a society to improve the high school graduation and college matriculation rate in America?	0	No activity
Is College a Waste of Time? Charles Murray, the W.H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, recently published a book "Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality", concluding that too many people are going to college. An adaptation of his essay was published in the Wall Street Journal Op Ed on Aug 13, 2008. He claimed that almost everyone should get vocational training beyond high school, but the number of students who want, need, or can profit from four years of residential education at the college level is a fraction of the number of young people who are struggling to get a degree. America has set up a standard known as the BA, stripped it of its traditional content, and made it an artificial job qualification. Then we stigmatize everyone who doesn’t get one. For most of America’s young people, today’s college system is a punishing anachronism. Do you agree?	0	No activity
Ivy Leaguers' Perceived Pay Edge A Wall Street Journal survey published on Jul 31, 2008 indicates that the median starting salary for Ivy Leaguers is 32% higher than that of liberal-arts college graduates - and at 10 or more years into graduates' working lives, the spread is 34%. The survey says that midcareer graduates of Dartmouth College earn the highest median salary at $134,000. Those from Columbia earn the lowest midcareer median salary of $107,000. The highest paid liberal arts school Bucknell University earn $110,000. Liberal arts graduates see their median salaries grow by 95% after about 10 years, to $89,379 from $45,747. Engineering school grads earn the highest starting salaries, yet see their paychecks expand just 76% by their career midpoints to $103,842 from $59,058. Contrary to prevailing assumptions, liberal arts degrees won't leave you in the poorhouse. History-majors-turned-business-consultants earn a median of $104,000.	3	8/17/2008
Largest number of SAT Test takers ever for 2008 high school graduates SAT scores held steady for 2008 high school graduates even as participation rose among minority students and those who are part of the first generation in their families to go to college, the College Board reported today. Nationwide, the number of students taking the college entrance exam surpassed 1.5 million for the first time, up 8 percent from five years ago and up nearly 30 percent over the past decade. Forty percent of the test-takers were minority students, up from 39 percent last year, and 36 percent were among a group described as first-generation college-goers, up from 35 percent. College Board officials greeted the boost in participation as a sign that an increasingly ethnically and economically diverse group of high school students aspire to earn a college degree. Average scores among this year's graduating class were: critical reading, 502 (out of 800); math, 515; and writing, 494. The combined average score was 1511, on a 2400-point scale.	0	No activity
Questions for Adrienne Johnson - Transfer Tips Revealed	0	No activity
Questions for Hanh Nguyen - How to navigate Financial Aid	0	No activity
Questions for Jason Schmidt Jason Schmidt of Loyola High School (one of the top private high schools in California) is one of Get-Accepted's Admissions Essay Editor Education/Experience University of California, BA Philosophy Claremont Graduate University, M.Ed. Education California State Teaching Credential, Single Subject English Please feel free to ask him questions about his service. For more information, please go to Admissions Essay Editing from our home page.	0	No activity
Questions for Rachel Orland - Essay Writing	0	No activity
Questions for Ryan McCarthy - Interview Techniques	0	No activity
Questions for Sheel Tyle - Screening a list of Colleges to apply to	0	No activity
Questions for Sheel Tyle - Where it is most beneficial to apply early action	0	No activity
Should I apply to Community College and then transfer? Dear Community, can you help a member? My name is ___ and I am from Vietnam. I am supposed to be a senior this year, however, being an exchange student last year will require me to retake another academic year in my country because the curriculum and requirements are different. Therefore, I registered for the GED internationally and I am going to take it in September. The only thing that I have right now is a 22 ACT score, which I know is a weak one for asking financial assistance. I am planning on enroll in a community college first and then transfer to my dream university/college. However, I have been longing for a full financial-aid from any university for a long long time. Should I apply this fall? I will not get my GED diploma until November. May you do me a favor by giving me some advice? My GPA are 4.4 for the junior year in the US, and on 9th and 10th grade, I have an A overall my study in Vietnamese curriculum, I have some minor extracurricular activities.	1	8/14/2008
Student Aid Crisis - Private Lending drying up A Wall Street Journal report on Aug 11 states that Students Face Hit As Private Lending Dries Up A retreat by private-sector lenders from the market for education loans is threatening to keep thousands of students out of college in the coming academic year. About 10% of the nine million student borrowers in the U.S. seek such private loans, which supplement the limited amounts available from government-aid programs. Over the past decade, as government grants and loans have failed to keep pace with rising tuitions, private-loan borrowing has increased more than tenfold to $17.1 billion annually. More than two dozen lenders, including Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc., have stopped or curtailed private lending to students. If you experienced difficulties in Financial Aid for the upcoming school year, can you share your experiences?	0	No activity
Top Reasons for Choosing a Specific College The reasons for choosing a specific college varies from people to people. Some reasons are well thought out, some are not. What are your reasons for considering a specific college. Share with our community!	2	11/30/2008

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