Last month, William “Rick” Singer, who orchestrated a massive college admissions scam, pleaded guilty to money laundering, racketeering, obstruction of justice and tax evasion. Major news sources continue to publish updates on the story. We keep hearing about how parents are pleading to charges, about deleted social media accounts, and,
So, you’ve received some acceptance letters. Congratulations! Enrollment deadlines are fast approaching. You’ve spent the past three and a half months waiting to hear from the schools you applied to, and now they’re anxiously waiting to hear from you. (Take a minute to enjoy thinking about how the tables have
Yesterday afternoon, when Pierre, Marc-André and I received an announcement to the Yale community about “a criminal investigation involving an admissions scheme,” we’d already seen the headlines. William “Rick” Singer, founder of The Edge College & Career Network, repeatedly accepted giant sums of money (which he laundered through a
These days, we often look to new technologies to improve the experience of education and to achieve better results for our students. When it comes to preparing for writing the college essay, that technology is podcasts. Three reasons to listen to podcasts There are a couple reasons you should be
Article originally publish on the Noodle Pros blog College admissions tests—and the SAT in particular—have been under scrutiny for many years. Most people who work in higher education have stories about students accepted with relatively-low SAT or ACT scores achieving near-perfect GPAs in college (and, on the other hand, kids
There are many great books and blogs out there to help you understand the college application process. Even so, many myths about college admissions remain intact. Sometimes, they are even perpetuated by admissions officers at top colleges. Below is a list of five common misconceptions. Keeping them in mind will
Late last week saw the publication of numerous reports and opinion pieces on the SAT’s new Environmental Context Dashboard. The College Board, the non-profit that administers the SAT, announced on Thursday that it will begin quantifying the level of disadvantage students taking the SAT have faced throughout high school. Along
