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NEW! The University of Chicago is offering a new early decision option for students participating in the Pre-college Summer Session programs. Applications must be submitted between September 1 and October 15, and decisions, which are provided in 3 weeks, are binding. MOST universities are VERY CLEAR that a summer program does NOT in any way help your chances for admission.

UChicago Summer Student Early Notification (SSEN) FAQ | UChicago Summer Session Starting fall 2024, students who complete any of our UChicago Pre-College Summer Session Programs may apply through our binding early notification option in their final year of high school. For more information on this option and the application process, please review our FAQ.

TRY to find the Clery Act annual report of crimes on the UF website. WHAT are they hiding?

University of Florida removes years of campus crime data online GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida removed nearly eight years’ worth of crime data online without public notification, leaving only limited…

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The 7 Awkward Conversations You Can't Avoid Before College Prepare your college-bound teen for success with our guide to the 7 essential, albeit awkward, conversations every parent should have. From boundaries to budgets, these tips will help you navigate these talks with confidence.

DIRECT ADMIT for Business and Pharm. Beginning with the fall 2025 application period, prospective first-year students will be able to apply directly to the College of Pharmacy and the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and also will have the option to select an additional program from the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
That means if you aren't admitted to Ross or Pharm, you won't be going to UM

Undergraduate admissions changes coming for fall 2025 | The University Record The University of Michigan is changing its first-year application process, with prospective undergraduate students now able to apply directly to two more U-M schools and colleges, bringing to 10 the number of first-year admitting schools and colleges.

Biden's commencement speech to Morehouse graduates is deeply divisive and robs them of their agency, unlike Obama's (2013): https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/05/19/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-morehouse-college-class-of-2024-commencement-address-atlanta-ga/

"You started college just as George Floyd was murdered and there was a reckoning on race. ["[U]sing a convicted felon and drug addict as a poster child for black men in this country is deeply insulting."]
It’s natural to wonder if democracy you hear about actually works for you. [Atlanta has had black mayors going back to the 1970s, and Georgia currently has a black Democratic U.S. senator (a Morehouse graduate) who won re-election by defeating a black Republican.]
What is democracy if Black men are being killed in the street?" [Almost all black murder victims are killed not by white people or police officers but by other black people.]

Remarks by President Biden at the Morehouse College Class of 2024 Commencement Address | Atlanta, GA | The White House Morehouse CollegeAtlanta, Georgia 10:29 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you, thank you, thank you, President Thomas, faculty, staff, alumni.  And a special thanks — I’ll ask all the folks who helped you get here — your mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers .....

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The 64 Most Beautiful College Campuses in America Did your alma mater make the list?

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No surprise "Researchers looked at data for 1.4 million college-educated workers in the U.S. between 2009 and 2019, and found that earnings for workers with double majors tended to fluctuate in either direction about half as much as earnings for workers with single majors."

Why It Pays to Be a Double Major in College A study finds that people who have two majors have more stable earnings.

Panera Bread founder credits his $7.5 billion success to a simple tactic: Writing his own obituary

It's a helpful tactic for college application essays too!

Panera Bread founder credits his $7.5 billion success to a simple tactic: Writing his own obituary

Columbia University announced that the university would move to remote learning due to the “extreme antisemitism and anarchy” that the university and New York Police Department could not contain.

Columbia to hold classes virtually as Jewish leaders warn about safety amid tensions over pro-Palestinian protests The university's president said school leaders would be coming together to discuss a way to bring an end to “this crisis.”

Excellent article: "If college students ask for safe spaces...they’ll want to feel safe in classrooms and will ask for trigger warnings to protect them from ideas they don’t like.
When you apologize and disinvite speakers, students ask you to excuse tardy and incomplete assignments because they were busy protesting. When you give them an A for no effort, they will graduate with honors and think they don’t have to work hard to succeed.
Then, when you give them a job, they’ll ask to work only 30 hours a week. If you say yes, they’ll use their extra time to organize a union. If you recognize their union, they’ll ask for extra paid days off and eight weeks’ vacation.
When they max out their credit cards, they’ll ask for their student loans to be forgiven. When you cancel their debt, they’ll quit their jobs to get graduate degrees in community organizing. When they can’t repay their graduate loans, they’ll ask for more debt forgiveness." Time to demand adult behavior. And don't give them a cookie!

Opinion | If You Give a College Student a Cookie . . . The children’s book series helps explain the dangers of indulging unreasonable requests around the world.

Students called Yale trustees and senior administrators “terrorists.” Their chants included “There is only one solution, intifada revolution” and “From the river to the sea, Palestine is almost free.”
Ask them WHAT river and WHAT sea? They will not know.
Protests are fun and games until someone gets hurt.
Why send your kid there? WHERE ARE THE GROWNUPS?

Opinion | Protests Turn Violent at Yale Administrators sit on their hands as a Jewish student is poked in the eye with a flagpole and hospitalized.

High school students: ready to take your conservative leadership to the next level? Apply for the Heritage High School Fellowship today. Fellowship for high school students: https://lnkd.in/eSbAb9R4 At every turn, the Left presses its agenda and our nation’s schools are no exception. From “gender-affirmation" therapists and trans-identifying sports “champions” to the onslaught of anti-family and anti-America propaganda in the classrooms. Enough is enough.
Introducing The Heritage Foundation’s High School Fellowship—a transformative fellowship designed to connect and equip bright high school students, like yourself, to defend your values in the classroom and throughout your lives.
As a High School Fellow, you won’t just watch from the sidelines. You’ll be engaged in the national conservative conversation, participate in real-life policy projects, and connect with influential leaders.

Program Details
Location: The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Dates: June 24-29, 2024
Housing: Students will stay in nearby accommodations and attend training at Heritage’s main campus.
Cost: Every accepted student will receive a full scholarship covering travel, housing, meals, course materials, and tour activities. https://www.heritage.org/high-school-fellowship

High School Fellowship At every turn, the Left presses its agenda and our nation’s schools are no exception. From “gender-affirmation" therapists and trans-identifying sports “champions” to the onslaught of anti-family and anti-America propaganda in the classrooms. Enough is enough. Introducing The Heritage Founda...

Equity in engineering => dumbing down the curriculum => bridges that collapse.

Engineering student: Princeton introductory STEM courses ‘unfair’ to the ill-prepared | The College Fix The Ivy needs to implement ‘equity-oriented solutions.’…

For dancers looking for postsecondary options that include a college degree as well as professional dancer experience, look no further than Ballet Vero Beach’s Fellowship program! TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO DANCE WITH BALLET VERO BEACH:
THE RIVERSIDE DANCE FESTIVAL
Presented by Riverside Theatre and Ballet Vero Beach
July 22 - August 3.
Accepted students will experience day-to-day life with Pigeonwing Dance, and have the opportunity to take daily technique classes in ballet and contemporary dance forms. They will also participate in master classes, open rehearsals, and work towards the creation of their own work to be performed alongside Pigeonwing in a mixed repertory concert to culminate the festival.
To apply, visit https://www.riversidetheatre.com/riverside-dance-festival
BALLET VERO BEACH’S FELLOWSHIP INITIATIVE FOR DANCERS
Accepting applications now
At the end of the two-year program, fellows emerge with an Associate or Bachelor Degree from Indian River State College, résumé building professional experience with Ballet Vero Beach, ancillary education from The Learning Alliance, and hands-on teaching experience provided through Ballet Vero Beach’s education and engagement initiatives. Successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to thrive in both the college and company environments offered by this unique program.
To apply, visit https://balletverobeach.org/fellowship-initiative-for.../
📸 Ballet Vero Beach fellow in last year’s Riverside Dance Festival.

Concerned parents hired private security for kids at public UC Berkeley Parents of students at the University of California Berkeley have reportedly hired private security for their children, prompting consternation from school officials. According to a report in the L…

Vandy is in other news too: TAMPONGATE. Yesterday, Vanderbilt students staged a sit-in as "a response to the college administration shutting down a student government vote over whether the school should divest funds from Israel." Series of events: "the students...called the black police officers protecting the chancellor 'puppets.' When food was brought in...for the officers but not the students, it was treated like a human-rights abuse." Then, several students called 911 "because their friend, who was part of the sit-in, had to change her tampon."
Parents, do you want your student to be in this crowd?

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UnbeLIEVable! Vanderbilt is now $98K?! The average salary of a Vandy grad in psychology:

Another college closure. "Through it all, Birmingham-Southern couldn’t change its basic trajectory. It tried all the popular strategies: athletics, building amenities, fund raising, attention-grabbing pricing, public pleas. Enrollment declined from 1,549 in 2009 to 975 in 2022. The endowment fell from $66.4 million to $50.8 million.
The bigger picture: College turnarounds and closures are difficult, long processes that can seem indistinguishable until the end arrives."

A Small College Tried and Failed to Persuade Lawmakers to Save It. Now It’s Closing. Birmingham-Southern College, a private liberal-arts institution plagued by more than a decade of financial problems, will cease operations at the end of May, it announced on Tuesday.

Unjustifiable

Tuition at these elite New England universities will hit eye-popping $90,000 a year this fall It’s higher-priced education. Several elite New England universities will cost students a jaw-dropping $90,000 a year beginning this fall — with more schools expected to follow suit, ac…

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"Although the average college student spent around 25 hours a week studying in 1960, the average was closer to 15 hours in 2015....Harvard has increasingly become a place in Cambridge for bright students to gather—that happens to offer lectures on the side." Today's student perceives university as a transaction and “goes to college and does what (and only what) is required to get a degree and then secure placement in graduate school and/or a job; college is viewed principally, perhaps entirely, as a springboard for future-oriented ambitions.”

AWOL from Academics | Harvard Magazine Behind students' increasing pull toward extracurriculars

Consider applying to universities that your target U sees as a competitor in order to receive a financial award letter that you can use for an appeal. (Never say "negotiation!")

USC has increased the cost of attendance to a total of $95,225 for the 2024-25 school year. That doesn't change the fact that the average USC psychology grad earns less than $40K per year. BAD RETURN ON INVESTMENT. https://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2024/03/05/usc-tuition-will-increase-by-49-for-2024-25-school-year/?fbclid=IwAR3ZZxwoCp51OdhWFGOMQKPjIa2MxpQZ_Myhw6-rhcEI_On7ePySGZo2ung_aem_AS6VR9fMOB752BwYTTpZbYGlAGwxdySM6u2lF5VNVMxlV7G9w3a9jlFxc0THyBBeCtg

USC tuition will increase by 4.9% for 2024-25 school year The increase is similar to the previous year’s 5% hike.