Most application deadlines for universities in the US and the UK have passed, but it is not generally too late to apply to university if you want options to start university next fall.
[Read more ...]The University of Lausanne (UNIL) announced that starting Fall 2015 it no longer recognizes the French Bac ES or the French Bac L without the mathematics options.
[Read more ...]Some UK university courses now consider a student’s extracurricular activities when deciding between two students with highly similar academic records or when a student is slightly below the required marks.
[Read more ...]Should you consider the options in Germany? Understand the differences in the university systems, and then explore the possibilities for bachelor programs in English or in German.
[Read more ...]Want to do what you love and get paid for it? Choose one of these majors – The Washington Post.
[Read more ...]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
[Read more ...]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.
[Read more ...]. LinkedIn has recently added University Pages and if you haven’t already, I highly recommend spending some time playing with them. You need a Linked in account to see them, but then just enter the name of a college or university in the search box at the top and select the option that shows the university’s logo alongside its name. Expand the top part where the bar graphs are, and then click on any of
[Read more ...]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
[Read more ...]These scenarios are not fun to think about, but if your child is heading to the U.S. for university, you need to be aware of your legal right to information about him or her. For example, many parents do not realize that if their child is 18 or older, the parents are not automatically able to check up on how their students are doing in their courses, even though the parents pay the bills. This
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