College Values

The fact is while the price of universities are startling for many, the services and amenities they provide for those costs are quite phenomenal.

I just wish more students would take advantage of all that universities can offer, but that's a different story.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/28/education/lists-that-rank-colleges-value-are-on-the-rise.html?_r=1&

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Article for the week

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-shammas/for-a-better-society-teac_b_2356718.html

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Brady Norvall, M.A.
FindabetterU.com
Education Counseling
954.254.7113

I want in on this conversation

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/opinion/sunday/bruni-colleges-identity-crisis.html?_r=0

SAT writing section sets the standard for ...

very bad writing skills.

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2013/10/sat_essay_section_problems_with_grading_instruction_and_prompts.html

Gladwell Strikes Again

http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/advisor/when-not-being-the-smartest-is-an-advantage-220211858.html

It all comes back to this idea that we're pursuing exceptionalism ...

at a cost.

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Brady Norvall, M.A.
FindabetterU.com
Education Counseling
954.254.7113

It's well worth the watch

Obviously it's groundbreaking in a sense. But it's also groundbreaking for those who are not teenagers and never were in the age of Facebook, et al.

http://www.fastcocreate.com/3017108/you-need-to-see-this-17-minute-film-set-entirely-on-a-teens-computer-screen

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Brady Norvall, M.A.
FindabetterU.com
Education Counseling
954.254.7113

Big changes are ahead

For college admissions and those who are competing:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/nyregion/didnt-ace-sat-just-design-microbe-transplant-research.html?ref=education

Not so sure how confident I am that 4 of these essays can really be completed in a manner that is all B+ worthy. 2500 words is a lot for a 17 year old. 10,000 words is out of order, especially without any guarantee of payoff. This could take so much time away from the focus of the other elements of this process, including other university applications.

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Brady Norvall, M.A.
FindabetterU.com
Education Counseling
954.254.7113