Dorm Room Must-Haves

It's time to pack for college. But what should you make sure you have in your newly appointed dorm room? Here are the top five must-haves for your dorm room to be sufficiently stacked.







-Craig Meister in Examiner.com

Transcending Race on Your College Application

"Bottom line for the soon-to-be-college applicant: colleges will consider many factors other than your grades and scores when they make their admissions decisions. Some you have control over (like how you communicate about your accomplishments and how you communicate about yourself in your resume and essay(s)). Others (like your race) you have no control over. Each college applicant can only make the best of what he or she has, so make sure that the factors that you do have control over build the best case possible for your acceptance."

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Is Maryland College Park Just Not That Into You?

The numbers are clear: University of Maryland College Park does not give in-state students nearly as much preference as other large state schools like UVA, the UCs, and UT Austin.

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Hopkins: Worth the Hype?

Johns Hopkins is great at promoting itself, particularly its hospital. But does that mean it's right college for you? Even aspiring doctors shouldn't take the view, "Hopkins or bust!"

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Forbes Magazine: Most Lucrative Majors & Ecomomic Woes and College Majors

With the changing economy and mortgage crisis, you may be surprised at which majors earn the most out of college.

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Univeristy of Maryland College Park vs. Indiana University Bloomington

Which do you prefer, and why?

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All 2009 College Applications...Coming Soon

"...we wait with eager anticipation to see which colleges have actually changed their freshman applications, and which have just reprinted their old one with a ‘2009' instead of a ‘2008.'"

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Check Out The College Prep Examiner

Check out my new college admissions blog at Examiner.com.