By Elizabeth Martinez @emartinez98m As 2015 begins, the presidential race in 2016 has begun. For the Democrats, Hillary Clinton is the top pick, though she hasn’t officially announced her run. Pro-Clinton Super PACs, a political action committee which pools campaign contributions from donors and gives those funds to a campaign, are already collecting funds for…
For all of you college-bound seniors who have started on your Common App, have started to ask your teachers and counselors for recommendation letters, and have started to pull your hair out because you’re only confident that you can’t do it – you’re worrying for nothing because college applications don’t mean much of anything.
You’ve just received the envelope that has had you on edge since you sent those applications out. You rip the seal and read the first sentence: I am writing to let you know of our decision on your application for admission to Princeton University for the fall semester, 2014. I regret to inform you that…
By mid-April, college acceptances will be in and hopefully, MLEC seniors will be pleased with the outcome. If they’ve been accepted to their choice college, then the decision is easy; done deal! Sometimes, however, the choice college doesn’t make the list of options and it’s hard to choose which one to attend.
“It ain’t over ‘till the fat lady sings.” I don’t know who this fat lady is, and why she has so much control over all major life decisions, but I do know that it “ain’t over” ‘till it’s over.
With the cost of postsecondary education – public and private alike – skyrocketing annually, outstanding low-income students are often discouraged from applying to their dream schools simply because they don’t believe they will be able to afford them. Some of these elite schools, along with College Board, are working to fix that.