http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com Trying to find the right college for you? Don't have adequate college admissions counseling available at your school? Looking for news (and some ramblings) about the whole college search process? You have come to the right place. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:01:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have previously written about BS/MD programs. If you are interested in such programs you have probably noticed that some are called BA/MD programs. But what is the difference between a BS/MD and a BA/MD program? In general, colleges that award the BA degree, bachelors of arts, require that upon graduation ... http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/college-admissions-counseling/bamd-or-bsmd/?nucrss=1 I have already discussed the programs that combine an undergraduate education with medical school. But there are also BA/DDS degrees for those seeking to become dentists. These programs are extremely competitive programs and even the best students may not be accepted. You will need top grades and top test scores to even ... http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/college-admissions-counseling/badds-programs/?nucrss=1 Getting accepted to the best college for your needs involves many factors. But one of the critical factors for many students is the application essay.  At the most competitive colleges, most of the students applying have top grades and top test scores. The college essay is one way for admissions ... http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/college-admissions-counseling/college-essay-writing/?nucrss=1 Last week I discussed BS/MD programs. Today I want to talk about what it takes to get into these extremely competitive programs. Just how competitive are BS/MD programs? In 2006 Brown University had 1974 applicants for their PLME program and accepted 79. The program at Rice University/Baylor had over ... http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/college-admissions-counseling/bsmd-program-admissions/?nucrss=1 This past week more evidence has come to light that brings into question the legitimacy of the US News college rankings. First, Inside Higher Ed reported that US News will be expanding their web ranking web site to include information about distance education and adult continuing education. Since these are growing ... http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/college-admissions-counseling/usnews-rankings-question/?nucrss=1 As much as I am not a fan of most college rating systems, I understand that many of my readers like to look at such rankings. US News has just come out with this year's version of the World's Best College and Universities. In addition US News has the rankings for ... http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/college-admissions-counseling/worlds-best-colleges/?nucrss=1 So you want to be a doctor. If you have top grades and top test scores one of your options may be the combined degree programs offered by some colleges and medical schools. These programs offer high school students the opportunity to get admitted not only to an undergraduate college but ... http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/college-admissions-counseling/bs-md-programs/?nucrss=1 You should never apply to any college you wouldn't be happy attending. And that applies as much to a safety school as to your highest reach school. A safety school is simply one where you have good chance of acceptance considering your grades and test scores. So why should you love ... http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/college-admissions-counseling/love-your-safety-school/?nucrss=1 When students start to consider which colleges they will be applying to the question often comes up of how many colleges should I apply to? Like much of college admissions the answer is "it depends". The biggest factor that should effect how many colleges you are considering applying to is the ... http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/college-admissions-counseling/how-many-colleges-applications/?nucrss=1 Working during college is a way for students to help pay for college.  However, working too much has always been known to be a cause of students not graduating on time. But what is too much? And what other aspects of college life may be effected by working? Inside Higher Ed ... http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/college-financial-aid/work-during-college/?nucrss=1