Art portfolios for college admissions take time

This is a great article [by Caitlin Coughlan in The Daily News Tribune (MA)] for all prospective art, design, and architecture majors.

Waiting game: Seniors watch the mail for admissions notification

In the second article of a series, The Annapolis Capital's Theresa Winslow visits with high school seniors wait to hear from colleges.

Admissions Error Incorrectly Congratulates 2,700 College Prospects

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill messes up big time.

Forbes Most Expensive Colleges In America

While we are on the subject of money, Forbes chimes in with its list of most expensive colleges in America.

Best Values in Public Colleges

Kiplinger's Jane Bennett Clark prefaces her magazine's 2007 list of top 100 values in public higher education.

Rising GPAs making it harder to get into college

The Associated Press' Justin Pope writes about a growing problem (From Utah's Deseret News).

48% of Penn's Class of 2011 Admitted Early

"Penn has accepted 29 percent of early applicants for the Class of 2011, a group that will make up about 48 percent of the total class."
- By Jon Meza, The Daily Pennsylvanian

Yale Keeps Early Admissions, Won't Follow Harvard

From Bloomberg.com's Matthew Keenan: "Yale University will keep its early admissions program, declining to follow Ivy League competitors Harvard and Princeton."

Is Dip in Duke Applicants Tied to Lacrosse Case?

More: USNews & World Report

'Senioritis' In Season

The Cincinnati Enquirer's Michael D. Clark reminds high school seniors that "slacking off can mess up college acceptances."