To complete a half-dozen college applications, Morgan Malone lined up letters of recommendation, penned essays, compiled her resume and – for George Mason University – carried around a video camera for several days.
The result was a nearly two-minute-long video essay that opens with Malone introducing herself from atop the sign outside Mountain View High School [...]
Average scores on the ACT college entrance exam inched downward this year, yet slightly more students who took the test proved to be prepared for college, according to a report released Wednesday.
The findings sound contradictory. But the exam’s authors point to a growing and more diverse group of test-takers — many [...]
Tips to Maximize Chances of Admission to College
1. Match Up Grades and SAT Scores
A mismatch between GPA and class rank and standardized test scores is just one warning sign of a weak application, according to Bev Taylor, founder and president of New York-based college counseling firm The Ivy Coach. Some [...]
Across the US, a surge of student curiosity about Arabic after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 is evolving into a demand for more courses, especially upper-level classes as novices resolve to master the language. A full 73% of 640 Arabic-language students surveyed at 37 institutions in 2004 said they were “determined to achieve a [...]
The computer-adaptive structure of the GMAT
The computer-adaptive test (CAT) version of the GMAT is designed to get a more accurate assessment of your skills while asking you fewer questions than its paper-based predecessor did. Here is how it works: the first question you see in any given section will be of average difficulty. If you [...]
