Carnival of College Admissions Back to School Edition

Welcome to the September 9, 2009 edition of carnival of college admission. This is the Back to School Edition for all of those lucky students who have just returned to school. I hope you had a great summer and are ready to start studying once more. We have some great posts for our readers so let’s get to them.

Choosing the Right College

Emma Taylor presents 100 Best Tips from College Admissions Counselors – Online Degree Programs.org: Top Online Degrees posted at Online Degree Programs.org. If you follow these tips you will be much more prepared to find the right college than the average student.

Getting Admitted

Many students biggest concern with college admissions is making sure they get admitted to the “best” college. Anne Simone helps with a touch of reality and presents Top 10 CEOs Who Never Went to College posted at Online Best Colleges.com.

For Indian students reading the Carnival, Surbhi Bhatia presents Mission Admission and The Admission Circus posted at The Viewspaper » The Viewspaper.

Test Prep

Just when you thought you were done with all of those college admissions tests you find out there are some more to take. Tom DeRosa presents 3 Ideas to Prepare Students for College Placement Exams posted at I Want to Teach Forever, saying, “So you’ve been accepted and are ready to go to your college of choice. At most schools, you’re still going to have to take one last set of tests that are going to determine what classes you can take–placement exams! These are resources to help you get ready and know what to expect.”

Financial Aid

jim is trying to save you some money with his 40 Money Tips for College Students posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity, saying, “With college starting back up again, I wrote a post containing forty money tips for college students to help them get through college.”

jim also presents Best Student Credit Cards posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity, saying, “When your child is going off the college, it might be a good time to *responsibly* introduce them to credit cards. Here are some good tips and suggestions to help with that process.”

Thanks, jim. With the high cost of going to college, families don’t want to pay any more than they have to.

College Life

Kate Hopkins helps you to understand what will happen when new freshman get on campus with Words of Wisdom: 100 Must-Read Blog Posts for Incoming Freshman posted at online classes.org.

Have fun in college but whatever you do, stay away from any activity that might get you on Linda Jones list of the Top 10 College Scandals of All Time posted at Online Colleges.

Debora Prenger helps students with the new world of digital education with 7 Web Sites Every Digital Learner Should Know posted at Undergraduate Degree.

Linda Jones helps students get settled in, for cheap, with her 100 Best Back-to-School Hacks posted at Online Universities Weblog.

Justin Ontong presents 7 Tips to Improve Your Memory and Study Power posted at phd degree because, after all, college is about learning, right.

Finally, Kate Hopkins helps with a topic that has perplexed students for the ages. How to pick the right major. 100 Tips & Tools to Help You Pick the Right Major posted at online classes.org.

Graduate Schools

You have to be serious about your education if you want to pursue a doctorate degree. But not everyone is able to find a local program. OnlineCollege presents an option with Universities that Offer Online Doctoral Degrees posted at Universities and Colleges.

If you are planning a business education then take a look at Jake Wilkie’s Top 50 Business Education Bloggers posted at The Biz-learner.

Alvina Lopez on the other hand gives her list of the 100 Best Higher Education Blogs posted at Online Degree Hub.

For the aspiring doctors out there we have Linda Jones 100 Blog Posts You Should Read Before Going to Med School posted at Nursing Schools.net.

If your interests lay more in the law than medicine then Barbara Williams 100 Blog Posts You Should Read Before Going to Law School posted at Online Courses.org is for you.

Other Cool Stuff

What? You still want more postings about college admissions. OK. Barbara Williams presents 100 Free and Essential Web Tools for the College Bound posted at Online College.org.

Joy Robinson represents the history buffs and gives us The 5 Oldest schools in the world posted at Best Online School Rankings.

And, because we just can’t help trying to save you more money we give you Pinyo who presents Buy Or Rent Textbooks Online To Save Money posted at Moolanomy, saying, “Textbooks are necessary, but expensive. And they make terrible long-term investment. Instead of buying brand new textbooks from the Campus store. Try buying them online or rent them.”

Finally, to wrap up our Carnival for this week, we give you more iPhone apps to help you become a better student. Emma Taylor gives us 100 Most Educational iPhone Apps posted at AccreditedOnlineColleges.org.

Margaret Garcia then continues with 100 Awesome iPhone Apps to Organize Your School Life posted at Online Bible Colleges.

That concludes the back to school edition of the Carnival of College Admissions. You know what that means. Get back to studying! Or writing your college essays for you seniors. You have started haven’t you?

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