SAT or ACT?

It’s not a secret that the SAT and/or the ACT are important. However, most people don’t understand why it is so important to focus on these tests. Your SAT/ACT score is the only thing that is still completely in your control. By the time you are a junior in high school, raising your GPA significantly is mathematically impossible, and improving class ranking has you relying on other people’s failures. With the right amount of studying though, you can see a tangible increase in your SAT/ACT test score. As a high school student trying to help pay for college the number one way to make money for college is by improving your SAT/ACT scores. This can generate thousands, even tens of thousands of dollars in savings.

The Professor’s Road Trip -Tulane University

The Professor has landed in the Big Easy to explore Tulane University.

Tulane is in the heart of New Orleans, LA. This prestigious, private research institution was originally founded as a public medical college in 1834. Its areas of study have expanded significantly in the past 179 years and currently offers a wide variety of degrees in business, law, architecture, liberal arts, tropical medicine, public health, engineering and social work. The size of the student body is much larger than other private schools with just over 8,400 undergraduates and 5,000 graduate students. Enrollment may be higher than other private institutions, yet the class size is still intimate with a student/faculty rating of 9:1. The average GPA of those accepted to Tulane is 3.51.

Goucher College

On March 26, 2017
In Colleges

I’ll bet you have probably never heard of Goucher College in Towson, Maryland. It is one of the best-kept secrets of the top coed colleges, located in a major urban area – Baltimore.

This college is set up so that students have the opportunity, regardless of their major, to find at least one study abroad program that will fit their schedule. They have 2 full semesters with two, three-week terms in January and May. The best part is that they make it so the study abroad program is at no extra cost.

How great is that?

Do You Need Financial Aid for College?

On February 24, 2017
In College Planning, Financing College

How to get financial aid for college shouldn’t seem like such a mystery, but many upcoming college students don’t know where to begin.

They want to go to college, but don’t have the finances available to them to pay for it…this is not only their plight, but was the plight of many who have gone before, and are now either attending or have graduated from college.

If you find yourself, or someone you know in this situation, financial aid is probably your answer.

Should You Test With ACT or SAT?

On April 26, 2013
In College Admissions Process, College Planning

ACT or SAT Standardized Tests

Since colleges will allow either the ACT or SAT test scores, as long as there are testing locations near you, it’s really up to the student to decide which test would best suit them.

It’s interesting to note that one test or the other is more popular in different states across the country. In Washington state, the SAT test is the most popular, whereas in Idaho, people prefer the ACT.

Each test caters to different individual strengths, so the student needs to select the one that is the best fit. Which one can you score best on?