College Bound Brief #58** A gloomy day can change your mood, your travel plans—and now, apparently, how you feel about a college. Like all of us, seventeen-year-olds factor in a range of variables when making decisions, some grounded in logic and others in emotion. So it’s no surprise that …
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The Return of Testing Isn’t Slowing Down
College Bound Brief #57** Louisiana State University joins a growing list of schools that will now require applicants to submit test scores as part of their application. The test-optional movement continues to add confusion to an already opaque and stressful college admissions process. For …
What College Students Actually Think
College Bound Brief #56** A recent report from two top-tier educational research and polling organizations, Lumina Foundation and Gallup, shares how college students really feel compared to what the public often assumes they feel. The headlines can sometimes paint a bleak picture. The data tells …
College Bound Brief: A brief interruption—for an important perspective
College Bound Brief #55** We’re interrupting our regularly scheduled College Bound Brief—typically focused on current events in higher education—to share two timely pieces that speak directly to the stress surrounding college admissions and that offer important perspective to us, as …