Archive: Feb 2017

What is dual enrollment, and is it something aspiring college students should do? If you are a high school student who wants to get some or all of your college core courses completed by the time you graduate high school,…

How to pay for college is the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question. Recently, there’s talk about a new option called income-share agreements. They are similar to the government’s income-based loan repayment plans. Students promise to pay a fixed percentage of their future income…

College admissions counselors look at more than the GPA of applicants. There would be several applicants with perfect 4.0 GPAs, and admissions officers only know too well how many students take easy courses to inflate their GPAs. This is why…

There are pluses and minuses to consider. Matching with a U.S. based residency is a major consideration. "In the medical field, students who attend school abroad have a stigma associated with them: 'They were not good enough to get into…

IB: the background story Before you find out about the criteria for an IB diploma, you should know a little about how the International Baccalaureate (IB) was formed. IB was formed by a group of international educators with an aim…

Most people can name 20-30 colleges off the top of their head. There are over 4,000 universities worldwide. I want to introduce you to 44 universities you might not have heard of. If you are looking for great liberal arts…

The United States of America has the largest number of international students enrolled in its universities (more than 800,000). Almost 4% of the students studying in the U.S. receiving higher-level education are foreign students. Universities report that the number of…