All Posts Tagged With: "college enrollment"
What it takes to make it into a University of California school
What does it take to get into a UC school? In a word - plenty.
High school seniors and their parents are learning firsthand that getting into one of the nine campuses in the University of California system takes hard work, an outstanding grade point average and equally impressive scores on the SAT or ACT. This [...]
28Apr2009 | | 5 comments | Continued
Deadline to register for the June 6 SAT and subject tests is near
The final day to register for the June 6 SAT and SAT subject tests is May 5. Registration information is available at collegeboard.com.
Many colleges, including those in the University of California system, require applicants to take two subject tests in two different areas chosen from English, history and social studies, mathematics, science or language other [...]
18Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
UC campus sends congratulatory emails to the wrong students
As if the stress of college acceptance season isn’t bad enough, UC San Diego sent out congratulatory emails to about 28,000 applicants who had been rejected.
As a parent, you can only imagine the tearful conversations that ensued once the mistake was known. And for anyone who has ever hit the send button and immediately [...]
1Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
Even college admissions offices are feeling anxious this year
High school seniors and their parents aren’t the only ones nervous about college acceptance this time of year. College admissions officers are feeling stressed, too, according to a stories in the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times.
Admissions offices don’t know what impact today’s economic uncertainties will have on families as they decide where [...]
8Mar2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
When it comes to sending grads to college, high schools vary widely
You can tell a lot about a high school based on the number of its graduates go on to four-year colleges.
So I was intrigued when a friend told me about a database generated by the California Postsecondary Education Commission that shows how many students at public high schools enrolled in two- and four-year colleges [...]
22Jan2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
