This year’s Common App went up today. Seniors should take a few minutes to a) register, b) link to colleges, and c) browse their supplements. Supplements, sometimes no more than glorified “Legacy?” check boxes, more often ask additional essay questions–usually, “Why Our School?”
Then go back to enjoying summer. And while you’re in the pool, your mind might wander to the question of why, in fact, you want to go to (this) college.
The DOE has announced 31 new charter schools for fall 2010 and, not coincidentally, a shiny new (charter school) common app due April 1. [TheInsideSCOOP]. Not everyone loves charter schools. [NYC Public School Parents]
Columbia has switched to the Common App, just like U Chicago did. [Bwog] So have U Conn, U Mich, St. John’s College, and Yeshiva. [Common App]
School budget cuts–ouch! [GothamSchools] Also (more) excruciating (than ever): Harvard and Stanford tuition. [Daily Intel]
Constance McMillen’s prom case went before a judge today (with mixed results); her anti-discrimination suit is already having a ripple effect in Southern schools. [AP, GLSEN Blog]
