http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:39:14 -0700 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:21:59 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m11d8-JHU-a-hidden-ivy?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner A new book, Hidden Ivies, by Howard Greene and Mathew Greene, includes Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University in its list of 50 colleges that rival those in the Ivy League.  Any book that forces parents and students to view college... JHU Ivys Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:21:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m11d8-JHU-a-hidden-ivy?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Community-Colleges-go-roundtheclock?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner The nation's weak economy has driven so many people to enroll in courses at two-year community colleges that these once-neglected educational institutions have had to expand their hours well into the night. In just the last year, some comm... Current Events Community Colleges Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:21:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Community-Colleges-go-roundtheclock?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m10d2-MIT-admissions-blogs-tell-it-like-it-is?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner MIT admissions site With many colleges reticent to relinquish control of their admissions office marketing messages, MIT has followed another course entirely. The elite Cambridge-based university now only tolerates student blogs on its Web sit... MIT Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:34:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m10d2-MIT-admissions-blogs-tell-it-like-it-is?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m9d21-JHU-others-overflowing-with-freshmen?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner Johns Hopkins Homewood campus With the economy in shambles, local private colleges like Johns Hopkins and Loyola never expected they were low-balling their freshman-entry projections; yet, that is exactly what happened.  For more info: Pa... Current Events Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:54:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m9d15-JHU-others-overflowing-with-freshmen?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m9d10-Dressing-like-a-Harvard-student?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner Harvard has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with a clothing company that will develop a line of preppy crimson accented clothing, which will allow the masses to feel as superior as your average Harvard undergrad. For more in... Ivys Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:33:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m9d8-Dressing-like-a-Harvard-student?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Americas-best-dorm-room?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner We read a lot about how great one college or another is academically. Even what college to go to if one wants to get a high starting salary. But what's the point of prestige and money if one can't have a great quality of life when attending college... Dorm Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:24:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Americas-best-dorm-room?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m8d20-US-News-2010-college-rankings-released?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner Inside one of USNews' top universities  The annual college rankings from US News & World Report were released early today, and the big news is that there is no big news. Very little on this list changed from last year. Harvard and Princeton... Rankings Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:51:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m8d20-US-News-2010-college-rankings-released?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m8d19-Lessons-from-the-Ivy-League-endowment-debacle?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner More... James B. Stewart over at Smart Money has penned an interesting piece about the lessons that the recent plunge in Ivy League endowments can teach all of us. In the meantime, Ivy League schools, just like the majority of Americans, will h... Current Events Ivys Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:39:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m8d19-Lessons-from-the-Ivy-League-endowment-debacle?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m8d16-Colleges-that-create-billionaires?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner   Forbes magazine has analyzed America's top universities to find out which produce the most billionaires. A drum roll please! Harvard tops the list with far and away the largest number of former students who have become ten-figure earner... Current Events Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:34:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m8d16-Colleges-that-create-billionaires?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m8d15-Smart-ways-to-save-on-college-textbooks?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner Though textbook publishers may not want you to know it, there still exists a free market in the world of college course material. Fox Business brings college students some timely tips on how to save on your academic costs this semester.  Yet, t... Current Events Books Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:00:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m8d15-Smart-ways-to-save-on-college-textbooks?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m8d7-Forbes-says-West-Point-is-Americas-best-college?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner Forbes Magazine came out with its best colleges list this week, and coming in at number one this year is a college that is completely free: the United State Military Academy. Forbes' college rankings are based on five criteria:1. graduation ra... Rankings Current Events Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:17:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m8d7-Forbes-says-West-Point-is-Americas-best-college?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m8d1-The-dirty-secrets-of-SAToptional-colleges?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner You thought colleges were being kind and selfless by allowing you to refrain from submitting your SAT scores during the admissions process? You thought wrong.Colleges were doing it for themselves and their reputations as much as for you, and in the... Standardized Tests Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:50:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m8d1-The-dirty-secrets-of-SAToptional-colleges?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m7d22-Which-colleges-have-the-highest-paid-grads?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner A recent grad from Loma Linda University During increasingly bleak economic times, it's worth looking at which colleges are best positioned to give their students high starting salaries upon graduation. It's also important to know how graduates prog... Current Events Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:00:33 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m7d22-Which-colleges-have-the-highest-paid-grads?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m7d19-College-admissions-advice-at-the-right-price?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner      Get advice and application support when you need it! Recently, The New York Times reported how admissions consultants are charging upwards of $40,000 to help students navigate the college admissions process.While that is all well... Current Events Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:34:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m7d19-College-admissions-advice-at-the-right-price?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m7d10-University-of-Chicago-to-have-coed-dorm-rooms?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner What's next? Out with the old and in with the new at University of Chicago. The very progressive world of higher education took another leap into the unknown when they announced this week that men and women undergraduates could now share a dorm room... Current Events Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:33:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m7d10-University-of-Chicago-to-have-coed-dorm-rooms?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m7d5-Combining-vacation-and-college-tour?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner UCLA campus This summer, many families are forgoing a trip exclusively devoted to rest and relaxation and instead combining business with pleasure in the form of a college visit vacation."Campus tours are the new family vacation," said Bru... Current Events Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:21:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m7d5-Combining-vacation-and-college-tour?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Economy-dashes-college-dreams-of-many?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner The economy is forcing many prospective and current college students to ditch expensive private colleges for more economical state school.The Associated Press' Donna Gordon Blankinship gives readers a look into the decision of one student to leave Tu... Current Events Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:49:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Economy-dashes-college-dreams-of-many?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Loyola-drops-SAT-NJ-and-NY-students-celebrate?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner The story of Loyola College in Maryland, next year to be known as Loyola University Maryland, is an interesting one; yet, as lack of local interest in the college's change from SAT-required to SAT-optional illustrates, it's a story about which many... Standardized Tests ACT Loyola SAT Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:10:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Loyola-drops-SAT-NJ-and-NY-students-celebrate?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m6d3-Illinois-corruption-knows-no-bounds?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner A lot of news items in the last year have focused on corruption in Illinois politics, as personified by their disgraced, and now former governor Rod Blagojevich.Yet, it seems as though official malfeasance is also quite popular at Il... Current Events Illinois Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:36:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m6d3-Illinois-corruption-knows-no-bounds?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m5d26-Man-behind-Jagermeister-funds-new-Ivy-League-grads?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner Forty-nine economically disadvantaged students became the first four-year Sidney E. Frank Scholars to graduate from Brown University. These individuals should thank the late liquor magnate - the man behind such icons as Jagermeister - because if it... Current Events Tue, 26 May 2009 21:01:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-472-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner~y2009m5d26-Man-behind-Jagermeister-funds-new-Ivy-League-grads?cid=exrss-Baltimore-College-Prep-Examiner