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Category: Educational Issues

Are You First-Gen? Depends on Who’s Asking

September 19, 2018 admin Educational Issues

Are You First-Gen? Depends on Who’s Asking
The New York Times
Rochelle Sharpe

Trying to help a high school senior get into his dream school, Laurie Kopp Weingarten called the college to emphasize that the boy should be able to lay claim to the latest, and fuzziest, of all admissions hooks: being a first-generation student.

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Why Upperclassmen Lose Financial Aid

September 18, 2018 admin Educational Issues

Why Upperclassmen Lose Financial Aid
The New York Times
Rochelle Sharpe

A few weeks before Ashley Hurst was supposed to commit to college, an email arrived that she thought would change her life.

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Those Hidden College Fees

September 17, 2018 admin Educational Issues

Those Hidden College Fees 
The New York Times
Rochelle Sharpe

The parade of fees on college campuses never seems to end.

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Beating the Ivy League Odds

September 16, 2018 admin Educational Issues

Beating the Ivy League Odds
The Wall Street Journal
Rochelle Sharpe

Elite colleges say you can’t game the admissions process. But Rochelle Sharpe crunches the numbers – and finds some extracurriculars matter a whole lot more than others.

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Suicide at MIT raises parents’ ire

September 15, 2018 admin Educational Issues, Public Health Issues

Suicide at MIT raises parents’ ire
USA TODAY
Rochelle Sharpe

The day before Elizabeth Shin set herself on fire, her parents drove through a spring snowstorm to see her at MIT.

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Better Babies

September 14, 2018 admin Educational Issues

Better Babies
The Wall Street Journal
Rochelle Sharpe

School Gets Kids to Do Feats at a Tender Age, But It’s Controversial – The Intensity and Discipline of Doman System Have a Cost, Some Critics Say – Gray’s Anatomy at Age 8

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