Do you know how much time you have to impress your job interviewer? According to CareerBuilder, approximately 5 minutes. Half the decision makers in the 2,300 corporate survey said as much. And that is up slightly from last year when…
An interesting piece of information that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos posted recently on Twitter: “Love this quote. It’s been on my fridge for years, and I see it every time I open the door. #Emerson.” Jeff Bezos is currently worth…
One of the major impediments for international students to attend college in the United States is cost. According to the College Board, the average cost of tuition and fees for the 2017–2018 school year was $34,740 at private colleges, $9,970 for state residents at…
So when you think about where most CEOs go to college, you tend to think the Ivy Leagues and schools like Harvard, Wharton, and MIT. But according to a study by LinkedIn, Pennsylvania State University is actually the No. 2…
Attention international students – the ACT is changing things up. Starting in September 2018, the ACT is moving towards computer-based testing for all international students. International students will need to take the entire exam on the computer (unless the student…
The University of Chicago on Thursday morning announced that it was dropping the requirement that all undergraduate applicants submit SAT or ACT scores. While a number of prominent liberal arts colleges have stopped requiring the SAT or ACT, Chicago is…
Tuck School Plans to Drop Early Action, November Application Rounds Earlier this month, Luke Anthony Peña, executive director for admissions at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, laid out plans on the Tuck 360 blog to “sunset” two of the program’s admissions rounds. “My colleagues and…
The Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) released its ranking of What Colleges Look for in High School Students, based on an annual survey of nearly 2,000 independent educational consultants. While grades and standardized test scores are near the top of these…
What are the toughest colleges to get into in the United States. Unsurprisingly, Harvard lives up to its reputation with an acceptance rate of just 5.2% and an SAT range of 1430 – 1600. The site Niche.com did an analysis…
Taking standarized tests can be a scary, nerve wracking endeavour. College are starting to understand that some students no matter how much they prepare don’t do well on these tests. And some are starting to question what predicitve value these…