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Are You Stuck with a "Next-Step Mentality?"

Presented by ACT, Inc. If you're locking into your career plans, college counselor Nancy Donehower has three words for you: Don't do it. Huh? A college counselor telling you not to…

Walt Whitman: To You ("Whoever you are")

To YouWhoever you are, I fear you are walking the walks of dreams, I fear these supposed realities are to melt from under your feet and hands, Even now your features, joys, speech, house,…

Evaluating Web Information

By Pearson Education Development Group There is a wide variety of information available on the Web, making it one of the most powerful tools for doing research. But unlike most…

Lesson One: Tackling the Question

  Introduction Contrary to popular belief, all admissions officers are not old men with bowties and English accents. In fact, the first people to read your application are often…

Who Am I?

That's a good question! These 11 evaluations will help you find out about yourself, your study skills, and your readiness to move ahead on your life journey (pretty corny, huh?). The fact is, the…

Is it Safe to Travel in Africa?

Is it really dangerous? Africa is famous for its natural beauty, national parks, and amazing wildlife. Unfortunately, it is also well-known for being unsafe. While this may be true for some areas…

Top Ten Tips for Admissions

by Michael Pugh, FastWeb.com Take a strong course schedule. Your class record is a big part of your college application. Don't take courses that simply pad your GPA. Challenge yourself. Take AP,…

Doctor Knowall

Doctor Knowall There was once upon a time a poor peasant called Crabb, who drove with two oxen a load of wood to the town, and sold it to a doctor for two talers. When the money was being…

Aesop's Fables: The Lion and the Wild Ass

by Aesop The Two Soldiers and the RobberThe Man and the SatyrThe Lion and the Wild Ass A Lion and a Wild Ass went out hunting together: the latter was to run down the prey by his superior…