A degree in Communications can be useful in almost any industry. It teaches students how to effectively communicate information to diverse audiences, visually, verbally and in writing. Communications majors also learn how to plan and execute events and projects, with attention to detail and organization. This degree …
Applications are in and you are enjoying that wonderful feeling of relief that comes with the last submission, but don’t put away those user names and passwords. Many colleges allow students to check the status of an application by logging …
Imagine the dilemma. College admissions offices must somehow make sense of the myriad of ways that students from the more than 25,000 U.S. high schools report student achievement on their high school transcripts.—to say nothing of the many different ways that international applicants from dozens of …
It’s not unusual to get nervous before an interview with a college admissions officer or alumni representative. Students are afraid that if they are not brilliant, witty and charming, their chances of getting into the college are next to nothing. But the truth is that interviews have little impact …
Out of the 3,500 accredited American colleges and universities, only about 50 are considered “highly selective”, meaning they regularly admit less than 25% of their applicants. A couple of hundred colleges are deemed “selective”, generally defined as those which admit less than 50% of their applicants. Selective …
The bulk of college financial aid money comes from the federal government; this aid is distributed by colleges using information supplied by families when they complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) available on October 1st. About 400 colleges, universities and scholarship programs, however, use …
Animators work as multi-media artists to express stories and concepts by creating animation, special effects and other images using computers and various electronic tools. Animation is essentially a type of visual storytelling; it is an expressive art form that delivers content in a format that is able …
Taking a tour of the college you’ll be choosing to attend for the next four years makes so much sense that it’s really quite amazing that some people choose to forgo this opportunity. Yet, some people – much to what …
Recently, Forbes Magazine did a study to find the “most valuable” college major. What made a major “valuable” in their eyes? Competitive median starting pay, median mid-career pay, growth in salary, and wealth of job opportunities. The analysts for the Forbes article concluded that Biomedical Engineering is …
Community colleges often receive a bad rap. A representative from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, an organization that focuses on community college student development, underscores this when he states that “the top students at community colleges are among our country’s greatest assets.” Ross Perot, Tom Hanks, …