Caroline posted a couple weeks ago about "The Choice," The New York Times' blog about the college admissions process. I wanted to re-highlight that blog again because it does have so many interesting posts from all over the world and every perspective-- high school seniors from different parts of the country, admissions officers, and parents. There are a couple of recent posts there that stand out to me as especially topical to the Joyce Ivy sphere:
"A College Applicant With an 'Advantage' Manages Expectations" -- an interesting post about expectations from a Hispanic high school senior who is competing for a spot at the top American universities but isn't, so far, finding his minority and first-gen college status to be the boon everyone around him had assumed it would be.
"What’s in a Name? In This Family, College Is the Accomplishment" -- posts from another first generation college applicant who is finding it hard to narrow down her list of "schools of interest" but receives enthusiastic support from an immigrant family that does not fully understand the process and only knows the names "Harvard" and "Stanford."
And, finally, as a new application cycle begins for the Joyce Ivy Foundation, an endorsed few words of advice from an admissions officer about that most-pondered about aspect of college applications: essays -- "A Plea From the Admissions Office to go for the 'Dangerous' Essay."
"A College Applicant With an 'Advantage' Manages Expectations" -- an interesting post about expectations from a Hispanic high school senior who is competing for a spot at the top American universities but isn't, so far, finding his minority and first-gen college status to be the boon everyone around him had assumed it would be.
"What’s in a Name? In This Family, College Is the Accomplishment" -- posts from another first generation college applicant who is finding it hard to narrow down her list of "schools of interest" but receives enthusiastic support from an immigrant family that does not fully understand the process and only knows the names "Harvard" and "Stanford."
And, finally, as a new application cycle begins for the Joyce Ivy Foundation, an endorsed few words of advice from an admissions officer about that most-pondered about aspect of college applications: essays -- "A Plea From the Admissions Office to go for the 'Dangerous' Essay."
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