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College/Post
Secondary School
Search Quick Fact: Many
students transfer colleges and 70% of
college students change majors at least once
so it can be tough to pick the right college
the first time around.
*Note* When you attend a school outside of PA, you
may be paying out-of-state tuition,
which can be double the regular in-state tuition. Plus you will be
sacrificing part or all of your state grant aid.
COMPARE COSTS and AID.
Why It's Tougher To Get Into College
by Lyric
Wallwork Winik, PARADE, July 8, 2007, p. 10.
Getting into college is getting harder - for
everyone. A perfect 4.0 GPA or even a
perfect SAT score no longer guarantees
admission to our top schools. Why is
the admissions race now so competitive?
Baby Boomers' kids are driving up the number
of college applicants, with 800,000 more
high school graduates than a decade ago.
The pool of applicants is also more
talented.
Some families have become so frightened that
their children will be shut out, that they
are applying to many more schools than in
the past.
Students applying to more schools adds to
the competition for a limited number of
slots.
Kids should not get the message that they
can't compete.
Many colleges are looking to enhance the
diversity of students racially, ethnically,
and socioeconomically.
There are ways to get into college. |
