Medical School Admissions and Recommendation Letter.
A Medical School Admissions and Recommendation Letter Seminar will take place on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 from 12:45-1:45 p.m. in the Life Sciences Building, Room 213. The seminar will discuss procedures for applying��.
The G.R.E. vs. the GMAT
There’s a feud brewing in the graduate-school testing world.
Bumper year for school admissions
���We are delighted that almost 94 per cent of families have been offered their first choice of school. This is a positive reflection on the number of good and outstanding schools in Dorset and is a great start for many young children and their families.
St. Marys Catholic School gets new admissions director
St. Marys Catholic School has named Cindy Verhalen as its new director of admissions, Principal Amy Allen announced Tuesday. Verhalen is a Marshall native who works as a licensed specialist in school psychology for Longview-area school districts.
School admissions changes unlikely to help pupils from.
Tinkering with school admissions rules in England is unlikely to encourage pupils from deprived backgrounds to gain places at the best performing state schools, according to a new review of evidence. The report by the��.
Yale Law School deletes admissions data following FERPA requests
Yale Law School has deleted all of its admissions evaluation data following the requests of some of its students to access their files. After Stanford students discovered they could request access to their admissions records in accordance with the 1974.
Court sides with St. Johns in law SCHOOL ADMISSIONS suit
The state Court of Appeals upheld a law schools decision to rescind admission from a student who misrepresented his criminal history. In a split decision issued Thursday, the court found that the schools decision was not arbitrary and capricious.
Best bets for next round of high SCHOOL ADMISSIONS
If youre a rising 9th or 10-grader who didnt get accepted by any high schools this week���or you want to try again for another school���go to the second round admissions fair next weekend, March 14-15. Youll meet��.
Application Upload: Your Voice via Video
Some students express themselves best via multimedia, so they are making videos to go with their applications. How are they viewed?. Some students express themselves best via multimedia, and a few colleges have invited applicants to submit supplementary videos.
Three Radical Proposals for a Broken College Admissions.
The same is true for most other ���top��� schools, though the cost to endow the chair or get the name plaque on the librarys basement reading room might be a little lower. I have never worked in an admission office, but that didnt��.
Computer error sends false test scores, magnet-school.
Computer error sends false test scores, magnet-school admissions to Salt Lake City students. By BENJAMIN WOOD | The Salt Lake Tribune connect. First Published Feb 19 2015 04:33PM ��� Last Updated Feb 19 2015 09:43 pm��.
Church schools admissions policy open to abuse | Letters.
Letters: We urge the Church to review and then amend its national guidance on pupil admissions, so that schools are guided towards having open admission arrangements.
College Decision Checklist: However It Arrives, Check Your Envelope at Home
. College counselors remind students of what to do before, when and after their admission decisions arrive.
Groundhog Day at the Supreme Court
Whether Supreme Court accepts a new challenge to affirmative action in college admissions will tell us a lot about its tolerance for conflict.
School admissions code - Publications - GOV.UK
Statutory guidance that schools must follow when carrying out duties relating to school admissions.
For Accomplished Students, Reaching a Good College Isn’t as Hard as It Seems
Admission rates are misleading: It’s not that fewer students are accepted; it’s that applications have run riot.. The Upshot; perception that it has become more difficult to attend elite colleges in America is fueled by over-reliance on institutional admission rates, which creates false sense of reality.
Tufts Asks for 250 Words of Wisdom
Tufts’s new essay questions seek the practical, analytic, creative and wise.
Common App 4.0
The all-purpose form is getting a digital makeover. For students, that could mean no more cut off wor.. Technical process of applying to college using the Common Application is likely to be more streamlined and less frustrating than in past due to its digital makeover to electronic form.
Law School Admissions Actively Preferences Work Experience
In 2009, 40 percent of Harvard Law Schools entering class, according to data provided the schools Admissions Office, arrived directly from their senior year of college, maybe even still sporting the odd T-shirt from last years big rivalry football.
VaNews: Pot Problems, Magnet School Admissions.
People who smoke pot legally in Washington, DC but work in Virginia could be risking their jobs. And, a public magnet school in Fairfax is facing questions about its admissions process because of the high percentage of��.
Columbia Business School Admissions Gears Up for J-Term.
While Columbia Business School (CBS) admissions is still busy reviewing applications for students hoping to secure a spot for fall 2015, it is also preparing for applicants to the January Accelerated (J-Term) program.
Address Undergraduate GPA Struggles in Law School Applications
Welcome to the latest installment of Law Admissions QandA, a monthly feature of Law Admissions Lowdown that provides admissions advice to readers who send in questions and admissions profiles. If you have a question about law school, please email me .
Lack of Diversity Persists in Admissions to New York City’s Elite High Schools
Five percent of the students offered placement in eight specialized high schools were black and 7 percent were Hispanic, according to statistics released on Thursday.. Education Dept statistics show that number of black and Hispanic students being admitted to New York Citys elite public high schools has remained virtually unchanged in 2015, with 5 percent of 5,103 placements being offered to black students and 7 percent to Hispanics; legislators and educators disagree over how to fix problem.
The Value of a Good Service Experience for School.
The Value of a Good Service Experience for School Admissions. By Laura Keller. Published: March 23, 2015. ���While parents now have more education options than ever before, the result is a complicated education system that causes anxiety��.
At a Top New York School, Questions About Diversity
Readers respond to a recent article.
Extreme Touring
Dan Shi visited 55 campuses. Excessive?. College-bound student Dan Shi visited 55 college campuses and submitted 24 applications before deciding to attend Macalester College in St Paul; Shi says his extensive search was driven by a desire for perfection.
Top Catholic school takes fight for admissions policy to court.
Top Catholic school takes fight for admissions policy to court. London Oratory, which has counted sons of Tony Blair, Nick Clegg and Harriet Harman among pupils, claims education watchdog is endangering its ethos.
Round 2 high SCHOOL ADMISSIONS fair March 14-15
In 2014, nine new high schools approved by the Bloomberg adminstration were included in the 2nd round of high school admissions. Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fari��a are taking a different��.
Disputed Admissions at University of Texas
A select handful of University of Texas applicants are approved at the school presidents direction over the admissions offices objections, according to an investigation.. Investigation commissioned by University of Texas Board of Regents finds handful of applicants are approved each year at direction of school president over objections of admissions office; finds instances of such influence peddling by outgoing president William C Powers Jr have grown more numerous in recent years.
Asian students dominate admissions to elite Thomas Jefferson High School
Asian American students will make up 70 percent of the incoming freshman class at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, the highest percentage ever for the elite magnet school in Northern Virginia. Next years freshman class reflects.
Duke Offers Admission To 2,700 High School Seniors.
Students have until May 1 to make a final decision on whether to accept Dukes offer of admission.
Yale Medical School’s Request to Expand Campus Program Online Is Denied
A program by the Yale University School of Medicine and 2U, an education technology company, is to offer the same Ivy League degree online that is available on campus.. Yale University School of Medicine and education technology company 2U are denied accreditors permission to offer physician assistant masters degree online; incident highlights hurdles to getting online classes accredited, especially for prestigious degrees that require hands-on training.
Judge to rule on school entry rules
He rejected the accusation by adjudicator Dr Bryan Slater that less well-off Catholic families were unfairly disadvantaged by the schools admissions policy and accused the adjudicator of misconstruing the meaning of the admissions code, adopting an.
Judge to rule on school entry rules �� Shropshire Star
A judge will rule today on the legality of the admissions code adopted by one of Englands oldest and most distinguished Catholic state-funded boys schools.
Primary school admissions: Middleton mum crushed after daughter told she won.
A mum says she has been left devastated after her daughter failed to get a place at the primary school which her three brothers attend. Joanne Whitehouse, 44, wanted Alice, four, to go to St John Fishers RC Primary School in Middleton near Rochdale.
Girl achieves rarity: Admission to all 8 Ivy League schools
College-admissions offices took notice. She now can add another bullet point to her resume: Pooja earned admission to all eight Ivy League schools. She also was accepted at Stanford, MIT, Duke, the University of Virginia, the University of Michigan and .
Two, Three Essays? More Can Mean Less
How much writing do colleges need to see, anyway? When application supplements require additional essays, fewer students apply.. Boston College adds additional 400-word essay to its application process even though many colleges have trimmed their requirements in hunt for more applicants; some education experts say additional writing gives students more chances to make an impression.
Drop in LSAT Takers Shows Legal Field’s Slump
The latest figures released this week by the Law School Admissions Council show that nearly 11 percent fewer people took the LSAT in October than the year before.. Law School Admissions Council releases figures showing that nearly 11 percent fewer people took the Law School Admission Test in October 2013 than year before, sign that students recognize continuing slump in legal field.
Past Drug Charges Derail a Law Student’s Education
Once a student at St. John’s University School of Law, David Powers failed to disclose that he had once been charged with selling drugs; after the school rescinded his acceptance, he sued.. Lawsuit brought by onetime student David Powers against St Johns University for expelling him halfway through his coursework after revelation that he was once drug addict highlights push to limit information employers and schools can request about applicants criminal background; school, which alleges Powers lied by admitting drug use on his application but omitting dropped charge of drug sales, wins court case.
Primary SCHOOL ADMISSIONS news for Isle of Wight parents
PARENTS on the Isle of Wight will find out from today (Thursday) if their children got into their first choice primary schools. The Isle of Wight Council said 97 per cent of parents had been allocated their first choice school, the same as last year. A.
How to Survive the College Admissions Madness
The obsession with elite colleges distorts reality, hurts kids and perverts education.. Frank Bruni Op-Ed column, adapted from his forthcoming book Where You Go Is Not Who Youll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania, cautions against obsession with attending elite colleges; underscores fact that untold number of students who attend other colleges go on to be successful, which suggests societys mania about elite colleges is overblown.
Assistant Director, Medical School Admissions - HigherEdJobs
The Assistant Director of Medical School Admissions is a critical professional role within the high-volume, most highly competitive environment of medical school admissions. Nearly 12,000 completed applications are��.
Primary school admissions: Hundreds of parents launch appeals after their.
Hundreds of parents are launching appeals after their children missed out on their preferred primary schools in the latest round of applications. Figures obtained by the M.E.N. from local councils show that more than 1,400 parents in Greater Manchester.
Here’s What Will Truly Change Higher Education: Online Degrees That Are Seen as Official
With information technology poised to transform degrees, students will be able to acquire credentials at a fraction of today’s costs.. The Upshot; reason why online college courses have not supplanted traditional college education is that college degrees are still only conferred after student completes traditional education; if and when online degrees can confer credentials on students that are viewed as equivalent of college degree, technology will truly be able to revolutionize higher education.
Primary school admissions: Summer baby Olivia Dutton wins battle for.
Rosie has been lobbying ministers for clearer legislation through campaign group Flexible School Admissions for Summer Born Children, which claims many councils are not complying with the Department for Education guidance. ���While Im obviously thrilled .
Ford, Microsoft cloud team, wearables, school admissions
We look at wearables and the cloud, how the cloud has changed the school admissions process and Dropboxs CEO Drew Houston rolling with the punches.
The Next Gate
What the postgraduate gatekeepers are looking for (take comfort, you’ve been there before).
Primary school admissions 2015: local authority figures
According to government estimates, 200,000 more primary school places will be required by 2020. Higher birth rates, rising immigration, government policy and a lack of national planning for school places have been blamed for the growing pressure on .
Hudson Guild Offers Free Summer Prep for High School Admissions Test
Every fall, tens of thousands of eighth and ninth graders take on the Specialized High School Admissions Test, the gateway to top-tier schools like Stuyvesant, Hunter and Bronx High School of Science. Politicians criticize the test for selecting.
Primary SCHOOL ADMISSIONS: When and how do I find out if my child got a place.
Primary school admissions day - or National Offer Day as its sometimes known - is Thursday, April 16. On this day parents up and down the country, including Manchester and surrounding areas, will discover whether they have been successful in sending .
Reasons for Hope While Applying to College
There are fewer spots for American students at many top colleges. But the market has expanded in other ways.
Review: In ‘Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be,’ Frank Bruni Examines College Admissions Mania
This book reminds young people, and their parents, that what students get from a college has almost nothing to do with where it stands in the pecking order of prestige.. Andrew Delbanco reviews book Where You Go Is Not Who Youll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania by Frank Bruni.