Global University Choices

The hunt is on. Although the CommonApp requires one main essay, many US colleges ask for additional supplemental essays that are unique to their application. This year, many of the supplemental essays are not in the Writing Supplement part of the application but instead are found in the main application. Apparently some colleges and universities had problems with Writing Supplements last year because students must submit the supplement separately after submitting the main application. Many students didn’t

The New York Times recently published an issue of its Education Life supplement on professional school with a number of in-depth articles on different types of professional school as well as this great overview of  pursuing an advanced degree in Law, Business, Medicine, Dentistry, Education, or Engineering.  The overview article includes two interesting graphics comparing unemployment and salaries for people with a bachelor and an advanced degree in the same field.

Four major university ranking organizations recently gathered in London for a conference about “Employability and Academic Rankings” but few of their guests seem to support the attempts to connect rankings to the global job market. Christian Schutz, the head of university relations for Siemens, the electronics company, said rankings had little impact on his company’s hiring decisions. For a conference on the theme of “Employability and Academic Rankings,” this was hardly an on-message contribution. Read

Are you or your child  leaving Switzerland for higher education in the next years? If so, you should be aware of Tina Quick’s book entitled The Global Nomad’s Guide to University Transition, Students leaving Switzerland for university face a double adjustment: They not only must transition to a new life stage as an independent adult but to a new culture as well. Even the home country culture can be foreign to them in many respects – something

For international students moving to the United States, there are many factors to consider that may be obvious to American students but not as clear to those coming from abroad. TCKs: 5 Things To Look For In Your College Hunt.