Governments, businesses, and prospective employers have long been using online data for a variety of purposes. Increasingly, college admissions officers supplement the polished applications and essays received from applicants with


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The graduation parties are over and anticipation is building for college-bound freshman and their families. The summer before that freshman year includes an orientation trip to the school, compiling lists

The College Expectation List
The graduation parties are over and anticipation is building for college-bound freshman and their families. The summer before that freshman year includes an orientation trip to the school, compiling lists

Two-Year Programs can Accelerate Career Goals
High school graduation is around the corner, and students are getting ready for the next phase of life. Some students know exactly where they will start their higher education in

Accepted, rejected or wait-listed?
April is an eventful, perhaps emotional month. Besides being the time when many are finishing up their taxes, it also marks the end of waiting for news of college admissions

Help students combat senioritis
The college applications are submitted, acceptances are arriving, financial aid forms are submitted or nearly so, and now your high school senior sighs relief—maybe too much relief. Every year, many

It’s time to help students combat the all-to-common senioritis
College applications and financial aid forms are submitted, acceptance letters are arriving, and now your high school senior sighs relief — maybe too much relief. Every year, many second-semester seniors

Plan Ahead to gain the most from college visits
Some families have plans for college visits during the upcoming Spring Break, but If your family doesn’t have that on the agenda and you have a high school student, or

Not ready for college? Consider gap years
Some high school seniors have started to receive college acceptances, while others are finishing up their college and scholarship applications. Both seniors and juniors are lining up college visits for

Students not ready for college may consider gap years
Some high school seniors have started to receive college acceptances, others are finishing up college and scholarship applications, and some are lining up college visits for spring break. But what