Frantic parents, stressed out students, overworked guidance counselors…welcome to the cutthroat world of college admission! Last year, 2.9 million students graduated from high school, and more than 60% of them chose to pursue a college degree. Admission rates to Ivy League and other highly selective schools have plummeted to new lows. Last year, for example, Yale admitted only 8.3% of its applicants, and Stanford only accepted 12% of the candidates who scored a perfect 800 on the SAT Math exam.
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Posted: 7/16/09
Tags: college admissions myths sat act prestige
We’ve already taken you behind the scenes with college students’
unofficial campus tours, and now we’re digging even deeper into campus culture. Every school has its myths and lore, and we’re here to bring the ghost stories to your screen.
Posted: 4/6/09
Tags: myth legend campus college university
So you’ve seen all the movies and TV shows and know what to expect from college—frolicking on the lawn, jell-o wrestling, intellectual stimulation. But there’s more to college than what you see in the glossy catalogues and on Greek every week. Here are a few college clichés that don’t always deliver.
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Posted: 2/19/09
Tags: cliche pranks myth toga
