This fall, Ms. Melanie Onufrieff joined the Deerfield community as the new girls varsity rowing coach and a college advisor. “Coach O,” as she is often called around campus, came to Deerfield after coaching rowing at all levels from high schoolers to Olympic athletes on…
In my American Studies class, I never had to study for a test. Looking back, I only ever picked up my textbook because I truly wanted to understand and learn. We were told from the beginning that this was not a class that would “teach…
“What’s in a name?” This famous question should be the first one posed by any college advisor worth his or her master’s. How much should the reputation of the university we attend matter to us? Are we superficial, vain even, if we crave that elite…
Opinions about the current college process that weren’t included in the issue.
If the meaning of life were defined by colleges, life would come after April 1st, childbirth after asking “why us?”— instead of Fitzgerald, the literature filling the Barnes & Nobles bookshelves would be Princeton Review stories of success.
For two years your present has been about planning your future. So let me tell you something I know now: It’s mostly a waste of time.
As the class of 2011 graduates, it is easy to see how they are all happily looking forward to college.
Though it has changed over the centuries, the goal of standardized testing has remained the same: to provide an equal and unbiased way for test-takers to prove their merit.
On November 10th, 2010, Kyle Kager officially signed to attend and play Division I basketball at American University.
The Wall of Shame is a place for seniors to pin up the contents of those notorious thin envelopes and to commiserate with classmates over rejections.