The time has finally come! Decisions left our office via postal mail last Wednesday — we were able to get them out a little earlier than our April 1 notification date — so they began reaching students Thursday and Friday and should continue to arrive through this week. As a reminder, we do not notify online. (International [...]
If you haven’t read my most recent Mythbusters post, College Rankings and Guides, you may want to take a look at my general thoughts and conclusions before you look at the specific examples I cite here. The long and short is that I feel rankings and guides can be used as a tool, if they’re [...]
Don’t worry — this isn’t going to be a rant or tirade or anything. I know college rankings tend to be a pretty hot topic, for a myriad of reasons; year after year, national media runs stories and op-eds calling attention to the rankings and their controversial nature. Philosophically, universities and admission offices often struggle [...]
Wow… I can’t believe it’s March already. The weather is getting milder and sunnier here in Richmond, and yesterday I saw flowers for the first time this year, poking through and starting to bloom, down the street from my place in Church Hill. While the admission committee is in full swing reviewing applicants for next [...]
