Articles

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&GT1=8432