Issue: January 10, 2012   (Archive)
Sunday, May 26, 2013   

Power of one
Emmadora Boutcher loves the privacy of her new single dorm room at Montclair State University in New Jersey. "I'm so much happier," said Boutcher, who lived with four others in a suite last year. "As an only child, I really like having my own space."



The UCAS Application - Are you sure you're finished?
last time we explored the basics surrounding choosing your universities in the UK and getting your UCAS form done. If you're all finished and waiting for your results then well done you, you've already made it through your part of a complex and competitive admissions process.

Getting through UCAS - alive
Applying to universities in the UK is a peculiar experience for students because they have to navigate a bureaucratic behemoth - the UCAS system, this can be an unsettling and confusing time for them. But, like most systems, this one can be "played," and I hope to offer some tips for students on how best to emerge from UCAS untroubled and happy with their lot.

Count the cost
Choosing a college is one of the most important financial decisions that a teenager - and his or her parents - will ever make. But families that are going through the college-application process have usually had little in the way of meaningful cost estimates to guide them.



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