Colleges Worth Considering
by Jay Mathews
The Washington Post, April 2003
What Makes a College Good?
by Nicholas Confessore
The Atlantic Monthly, November 2003
Fenced in by Delusions: Parents & College Admissions
by Dr. Michael G. Thompson
Independent School, Fall 1996
How (not) to Get Into College
by Alfie Kohn
Independent School, Winter 2003
Staying Sane Through Your Child's Application Process
by Karin Kasdin
Independent School, Winter 2003
Myths and Realities in College Admission
by Patrick F. Bassett
Independent School, Winter 2003
College Admission: Failed Rite of Passage
by Michael G. Thompson
Independent School, Winter 1990
Confessions of a College Interviewer
by Jay Mathews (former alumni interviewer for Harvard)
The Washington Post, October 15, 2002
Is That an Authentic Application Essay, or the Work of a Ghostwriter?
by Carol Zoref
The Christian Science Monitor
The New College Chaos
by James Fallows
The Atlantic Monthly, November 2003
Don't Die for Duke: Putting Joy (and Common Sense) Back into the College Search Process
-- by Ginger Fay, Associate Director of College Counseling at Phillips Academy (MA) and former admissions officer at Duke University
Independent School, Winter 2003
Rejected by college of choice? Relax
by Walter Shapiro
USA Today
Parents Get Too Aggressive on Admissions
by Marilee Jones, Dean of Admissions at M.I.T.
USA Today, January 5, 2003
Broken Ranks: U.S. News' college rankings measure everything but what matters. And most universities do not seem to mind
The Washington Monthly
By Amy Graham and Nicholas Thompson
September 2001
Building Blocks to College: Building a College Student
By Stephanie Wilbur Ash, Minneapolis-St.Paul Magazine, March 2002
Summer Camps and Opportunities
Courtesy of Petersons.com
Gender imbalances in colleges article:
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/adultlearning/?article=CollegeWoman>1=8432