Applications to Colleges Are Breaking Records - New York Times
Interesting Article!
Applications to selective colleges and universities are reaching new heights this year, promising another season of high rejection rates and dashed hopes for many more students.
Harvard said Wednesday that it had received a record number of applicants — 27,278 — for its next freshman class, a 19 percent increase over last year. Other campuses reporting double-digit increases included the University of Chicago (18 percent), Amherst College (17 percent), Northwestern University (14 percent) and Dartmouth (10 percent).
Officials said the trend was a result of demographics, aggressive recruiting, the ease of online applications and more students applying to ever more colleges as a safety net. The swelling population of 18-year-olds is not supposed to peak until 2009, when the largest group of high school seniors in the nation’s history, 3.2 million, are to graduate. The rise in applications at three universities — Harvard, Princeton and the University of Virginia — came about as they ended early admissions policies, which had allowed students to receive decisions by mid-December, months ahead of others. The universities said early admissions benefited more affluent and sophisticated students and required students to commit without being able to compare financial aid offerings from various colleges.
The application figures suggested that the end of early admissions did not hurt. Princeton received a record 20,118 applicants, up 6 percent. The University of Virginia received 18,776 applications, a 4 percent increase. Like other campuses"
Applications to Colleges Are Breaking Records - New York Times
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Saturday, May 10, 2008
COLLEGE COUNSELOR EARNS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
COLLEGE COUNSELOR EARNS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Patrick O’Connor of Birmingham received the Michigan Association for College Admission Counseling (MACAC) Achievement Award at MACAC’s annual conference last month.
In presenting the award, MACAC Past President Mike Kolar identified four efforts O’Connor has led in the past year that demonstrated a “tireless efforts on behalf of all students to gain access to college admission and college admission counseling.”
These efforts included:
Development of a mini-workshop on the essentials of college admission counseling. O’Connor coordinated the presentation of this workshop at nine locations throughout Michigan; an estimated 1,500 high school counselors and school administrators received this information as part of a program highlighting the results of the Michigan Merit Exam.
The publication of a highly-acclaimed book for high school students and their families on the college selection process. College is Yours in 600 Words or Less gives all families access to private counselor-quality information on how to make a wise college choice, and has been praised by families and counselors alike for increasing awareness and access to college.
Publication of several articles designed to raise public awareness to the importance of good college admission counseling, and the need for better training of high school counselors in this area.
Advocacy within the State and Federal governments to improve counselor training in college admissions.
“It’s an honor to work with my fellow counselors and college colleagues in MACAC,” said O’Connor, who is a past president of MACAC and its national organization. “Few people recognize how hard these individuals work to offer quality college choices to all students.”
O’Connor is on the political science faculty at Oakland Community College and director of College Counseling at Roeper School. He credits both institutions for their support of his efforts.
“At OCC, I have the privilege of working with dedicated faculty and amazingly focused students, many of whom are the first in their family to ever go to college. That inspiration, combined with the love of learning and mutual support that lies at the heart of Roeper, impels me to do all I can for every student in helping them achieve their dreams.”
Patrick O’Connor of Birmingham received the Michigan Association for College Admission Counseling (MACAC) Achievement Award at MACAC’s annual conference last month.
In presenting the award, MACAC Past President Mike Kolar identified four efforts O’Connor has led in the past year that demonstrated a “tireless efforts on behalf of all students to gain access to college admission and college admission counseling.”
These efforts included:
Development of a mini-workshop on the essentials of college admission counseling. O’Connor coordinated the presentation of this workshop at nine locations throughout Michigan; an estimated 1,500 high school counselors and school administrators received this information as part of a program highlighting the results of the Michigan Merit Exam.
The publication of a highly-acclaimed book for high school students and their families on the college selection process. College is Yours in 600 Words or Less gives all families access to private counselor-quality information on how to make a wise college choice, and has been praised by families and counselors alike for increasing awareness and access to college.
Publication of several articles designed to raise public awareness to the importance of good college admission counseling, and the need for better training of high school counselors in this area.
Advocacy within the State and Federal governments to improve counselor training in college admissions.
“It’s an honor to work with my fellow counselors and college colleagues in MACAC,” said O’Connor, who is a past president of MACAC and its national organization. “Few people recognize how hard these individuals work to offer quality college choices to all students.”
O’Connor is on the political science faculty at Oakland Community College and director of College Counseling at Roeper School. He credits both institutions for their support of his efforts.
“At OCC, I have the privilege of working with dedicated faculty and amazingly focused students, many of whom are the first in their family to ever go to college. That inspiration, combined with the love of learning and mutual support that lies at the heart of Roeper, impels me to do all I can for every student in helping them achieve their dreams.”
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