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SIMPLE STEPS TO FOLLOW TO SUCCEED AT A U.S. COLLEGE

U.S. colleges are places of intellectual rigor. This means that one must undertake deliberate preparation to be able to succeed there. Professors move through material swiftly and, unless forced to pause ...
UNDERSTANDING THE CORE CURRICULUM AND DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS AT U.S. COLLEGES

What is called the “Core Curriculum” is a set of courses that are required of all students at some U.S. colleges. These courses tend to fall very much in the humanities (e.g., classics, ancient and ...
CHOOSING A COLLEGE MAJOR

Once in college, there is perhaps no bigger decision any student must make than to declare a major (sometimes called a “concentration”). This will be the student’s principal field of study during ...
SHOULD YOU TAKE THE SAT OR ACT?

Both the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) and the American College Testing (ACT) are internationally recognized and nearly universally accepted by U.S. colleges as a metric for admission. In terms of the ...
THE CURRENT STATE OF STANDARDIZED TESTING AT U.S. COLLEGES

The SAT and the ACT have long been staples of the college admissions process. The reasoning behind it is obvious: when admissions officers are faced with such a variety of applicants with such different ...
THE IMPORTANCE OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES TO YOUR U.S. COLLEGE APPLICATION

The admissions committee at U.S. colleges do not consider just your grades and standardized test scores.  These days an increasingly important dimension to a candidate for admission’s application ...
AMERICAN COLLEGE CULTURE

If you have never been on an American college campus, you may be in for a shock. They tend to be highly politicized places, where you have to be careful about what you say or, more precisely, THE WORDS ...
INTERVIEWING FOR U.S. COLLEGE ADMISSION

As part of the college application process, you may be asked to interview with a member of the college admissions committee or an affiliated alumnus/a. It really depends on the school. Interviews are ...
HOW TO APPROACH THE COLLEGE ESSAY

An extremely important component of the college application is the college essay, also known as The Personal Statement. You are given a 650-word limit to set yourself apart from your fellow applicants.  ...
CHOOSING A COLLEGE IN THE U.S.

Deciding which U.S. colleges to apply to is a real challenge. It involves several different considerations. Then determining WHICH college to attend after hearing back from the respective admissions ...