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Notes in the Margins: Math tests, early applications and the G.I. Bill

WSU math standards confound students Two years after Mishelle Kennedy finished her classes at Wayne State University, she still can’t get her degree. The Royal Oak Township resident is being held up because she can’t pass a math test — a requirement that administrators say is at the level of high school math. While 1,970…
by Alex Friedrich

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How students can earn MN college credit

I just got this from Andrew Allen Anda, a professor in the computer science department at St. Cloud State University, who was listening in to the Midmorning discussion on college applications and essays: Regarding your caller who’s child finished HS requirements 1 year early, there’s the PSEO program where she can take college credits but…
by Alex Friedrich

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College applications on Midmorning

Click below to access the live-blogging “transcript” — complete with links to an article, book and video — for 49-minute conversation on college applications and essays on today’s Midmorning program. http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php/option=com_altcaster/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=81c65bf302 The program: Inside college admissions Broadcast: Midmorning, 12/14/2010, 9:06 a.m. St. Paul, Minn. — Many college applications are due at the end of the…
by Alex Friedrich

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A closer look at a winning college application essay

We’ve already seen some winning college application essays, but why exactly did they work? What did they do to snag the attention of the admissions readers? Well, I’ve taken one of them — from Evan Summers, who applied successfully to Carleton College — and asked Carleton’s dean of admissions, Paul Thiboutot, to run through why…
by Alex Friedrich

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Midmorning at 9 a.m.: College applications and essays

I’ll be blogging about Tom Crann’s Midmorning program about college entrance applications — and the dreaded application essay. (I may be trying out a new liveblogging program, so please forgive any glitches. We’ll see how it goes.) Here’s the content from the Midmorning page: Inside college admissions Broadcast: Midmorning, 12/14/2010, 9:06 a.m. St. Paul, Minn.…
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Inside college admissions

Inside college admissions

Many college applications are due at the end of the year, and most students have saved the dreaded essay and resume of activities for last. Midmorning discusses the undergraduate application process: how to navigate it, and whether the current admissions criteria can tell you if a student is worthy of attending a college.

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Minneapolis, St. Paul schools closed Tuesday

Public schools in Minneapolis and St. Paul will remain closed for another day, in the wake of the massive snowstorm that hit the region over the weekend.
by Melanie Sommer

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Midmorning tomorrow (Tuesday): College essays

I’ll be blogging Tom Crann’s Midmorning discussion on the all-important college application essay. Please join us — on the radio or on my blog — at 9 a.m.
by Alex Friedrich

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Video: Students hassle Prince Charles

Video: Students hassle Prince Charles

In case you missed it, here’s video and some photos of the student protesters hassling Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall last week.
by Alex Friedrich

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