What is the difference between the SAT and the ACT? If you are wondering whether or not you have to take these tests, then you should know that you don't really have to take them at all. There are some colleges out there that do not require any of the tests and simply go by your GPA. Keep in mind, however, that most of these colleges would require an extremely high GPA if that is all they would go by in terms of scores.

Scores are very important to universities. Higher scores mean a higher ranking for them. Top universities such as Harvard and Yale won't even glance at your application unless you have scores that meet their minimum scores. Both the ACT and SAT scores can and most likely will be used as part of their application percentiles which means, if you scored on the seventy-fifth percentile, which is a decent score, that score will be looked at by the college.

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The life of the non-traditional vs. traditional college student is intricately weaved on one common goal: achieving a college degree. While traditional students are less focused on this goal and more focused on the college experience, the non-traditional students balance work, family, and career.


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Not long ago my son received his driver's license. In Virginia, this is a big deal-the ceremony takes place at the county court where a black-robed judge, a police officer and a defense attorney all address the drivers about their newly acquired freedom. It is an impressive rite of passage that marks a teenager's assumption of important new powers and responsibilities.


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This guide lists more than 100 college scholarship and graduate fellowship programs for Hispanic and Latino students. Hispanic and Latino students should also conduct a scholarship search using the Fastweb scholarship matching service. The FastWeb scholarship database includes additional awards that are restricted to Hispanic and Latino students, as well as more general award programs that are available to all minority students and scholarships that are unrestricted by race or heritage.

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15 factors which influence adult learning, course design, and classroom teaching are presented and discussed providing strategies for supporting continuing education.

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Sponsored by the American College Testing Program, the ACT is one of the most frequently used tests for college admission in the United States. The purpose of the ACT is to measure your overall educational development and your ability to start and complete college level work.

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Just as in a Section 529 plan, you save in a Coverdell ESA for a day in the future: the day your child attends an educational institution that has some real dollar costs attached to it. Of course, for some, this day never arrives, and the money languishes in the account until the magic mandatory distribution to the designated beneficiary at age 30. For some, this may not be such a bad thing " you may feel that you saved the money for this particular person, and by the time that person has reached age 30, she is mature enough to manage the funds herself.

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The admissions officers consider many factors—not just academic record and extracurricular activities—in their final decisions. Nan Keohane, former president of Duke University, offered the following candid explanation of the role that alumni and development concerns play in admissions decisions. Responding to a Wall Street Journal reporter on this topic, she wrote:


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In general, there are four common categorizations of college degree types which most institutions offer. Know more from what follows...

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One of the things my Dad had me do when I first went off to college was to tally up the cost of the tuition, room and board and divide it by the number of hours I thought I would spend in class and spend studying.That produced a horrendous number 20 years ago, and it's gotten whole lot worse since then.

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