Each year, accredited magazines, such as the U.S. News & World Report, and a few others, publish college rankings. However, parents and students must keep in mind that the publication of school rankings is a business endeavor responding to consumer demands. Frankly, college ranking lists do not always provide very useful information when it comes to determining which college students should apply. Factors used in the calculations are in themselves, often immaterial to the individual scholar. Although the system of ranking schools simplifies an otherwise byzantine and complicated process, the most important factors that do play a role in students’ educational experiences cannot be calculated. [Read More]

Having created an outline for the college essay, students have now organized their ideas into a narrative story. The outline provides writers with the organization of their ideas before they begin writing the essay. Without a clearly constructed outline, it could result in unfocused and rambling paragraphs that do not clearly answer the essay prompt. [Read More]