Posts under ‘college’

Should you go to graduate school and incur more debt if you can’t find a job? This is the question posed by someone discussing marketability. Family Circle June 2009 lists a bunch of employer complaints about hiring teens, as well as the upside. In this market, it would probably be helpful for new graduates to [...]

This email was forwarded to me:
Letter by a Florida teacher……………. A teacher speaks
This is a subject close to my heart. Do you know that we have adult students at the school where I teach who are not US citizens and who get the PELL grant, which is a federal grant (no pay back required) plus [...]

My notes from meeting with Stanford admissions:
- kids only submit applications with input from counselor
- parents should stay out of it; counselors are key
- supplemental questions- they are meant to be a snapshot- follow directions, don’t write a thesis
- interview- parents should not be present when the kid presents him/herself
- 2-3 long term activities outside [...]