Mail Call

I am going through a huge backlog of mail from colleges that has been piling up as we've been working furiously to meet November deadlines. Here are some highlights from the college newsletters and profiles that have filled my inbox in the last few weeks.

• University of Richmond had a 52% increase in Early Decision applicants last year!!


• Sewanee is in its second year of a Test Optional admissions policy.


• A really nice "pitch" for Purdue's Bachelor of Science in Hospitality and Tourism - check it out! http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/htm/


• The average starting salary for Lehigh graduates is $54,233!


• Manhattan College has a new major in Art History - the major "combines the classroom study of art in its historical contexts with site visits to nearby galleries, museums, and landmark buildings..." Sounds fascinating. Art History might be my college major if I had it to do over again.


• Colby College has a new flexible standardized testing policy.


• Vanderbilt University wants to remind us that they are need blind, meet 100% of demonstrated financial need, and need based financial aid packages at Vanderbilt do NOT include need based loans. As someone who just paid off my need based undergraduate student loans (I graduated from college in 1997) this sounds extraordinary.

There, you are all caught up now!

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