The Answer Sheet Archive: College Tour '10
College Tour '10 -- Macalester College
Parent: " I love that it’s a small gem in a city, urban but not too urban." And more.
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Valerie Strauss
| June 24, 2010; 11:43 AM ET |
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College Admissions, College Tour '10
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College Tour '10, Macalester College, college admissions, getting into college
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College Tour '10 -- Claremont Colleges
Student: "I really like the consortium system they have because there are sooo many resources shared between the five undergrad colleges." And more.
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Valerie Strauss
| June 24, 2010; 11:42 AM ET |
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College Tour '10
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Claremont College consortium, Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, Pitzer College, Scripps College, http://www.pitzer.edu/
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College Tour '10 -- University of Southern California
Student: "I really liked that the school had a ton of school spirit."
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Valerie Strauss
| June 24, 2010; 11:41 AM ET |
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College Admissions, College Tour '10
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USC, University of Southern California, college admissions, college applications
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College Tour '10 resumes (with links)
For rising high school seniors, the frenzied college admissions season is about to begin -- if it hasn't already. And our College Tour '10 resumes. Here are links to student and parent impressions of schools visited this year. Send us your own.
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Valerie Strauss
| June 24, 2010; 11:40 AM ET |
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College Life, College Tour '10
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College Tour '10, admissions process, campus visits, college admissions, college admissions process, college essay topics, college essays, college visits, common app, common app essays, common applicaiton preview, common application, common application essays, deciding on colleges, how to write a college esssay, the best college essays, visiting campuses, visiting colleges
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College Tour '10: Princeton University
My daughter didn’t want to go at first. She thought that Princeton was going to be snooty. But we were in the region and I thought we should visit, so we went and took a tour. She got a huge surprise.
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Valerie Strauss
| April 21, 2010; 12:28 AM ET |
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College Tour '10
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College Tour '10, Princeton University, college tour, planning a college tour, taking a college tour, visiting colleges, visiting schools
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College Tour '10: Penn State University
Starting with the admissions presentation and continuing all the way through the tour, the constant theme was about the University’s sports programs and that they are a ’Big Ten’ school. The mock dorm room size was OK but the residences lack Wi-Fi, the buildings are very dated (60’s), except for the Sports facilities, with no visible upgrades and are not air conditioned. The dorm common rooms were sparse, cold and empty. The actual classroom was very small, and, my daughter noted, was poorly equipped compared to her current high school classrooms.
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Valerie Strauss
| April 21, 2010; 12:20 AM ET |
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College Tour '10
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Big Ten schools, College Tour '10, Penn State University, campuses that have wireless, college tour, wired campuses
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