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(Some) COLLEGES

A few examples of east-coast schools.
This is a synopsis of USNews' College Rankings
U.S. News came out with their '98-'99 figures on August 21, 1998. Even so, some figures could still lag a year.

Maine | Rhode Island | Connecticut
New York | New Jersey | Pennsylvania
... and into the Southern Region
(where some schools have honor codes) ...
Virginia | North Carolina | South Carolina
Georgia | Florida

Note # 1 of 3: Example: "97-1-800-800-A/R/WL" is ... 97 = class year; class rank; verbal SAT; math SAT; A=accepted (not necessarily attending, however), R=rejected, or WL=waiting list.
Note # 2 of 3: The percentage accepted (not necessarily enrolling); the percentage graduating and the mid 50% SAT scores are from "The College Handbook - 1998". The "Yield" is from the book, "Insider's Guide to the Colleges". Yield is the percentage of those accepted who actually enroll. Schools with yields under 40% are considered "backup schools". (State Universities may have high yields because in-staters don't apply anywhere else.) A good school, for example, would likely accept less than 50% applying, graduate over 80%, and yield 40% or more.
Note # 3 of 3: U.S. News, on their college page, explains the differences between University and Liberal Arts, National and Regional.
* Setting's ... are U=Urban, S=Suburban, & R=Rural.
* Rating    ... is for Northern or Southern Region unless preceded by
                "N-" (National). 


Maine Colleges

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating 
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Select U of Maine - Orono    R        6,962 $ 4,271 $11,351 N-T3   
                                                 R&B=$5,152

yield=38; they guarantee you grad in 4 yrs
* You better like snow, cold, and wind. The number of high school
val and sals enrolling has jumped from 35% to 81% since UMaine 
started giving incentives. 1/99.
Home Page
School Newspaper
Alumni Magazine
Student Web pages


Rhode Island Colleges

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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Select U of Rhode Island     R       10,229 $ 4,592 $12,498 Tier 3 

'98-'99        Room     Board 
URI           3,506     2,500

Less Comp
60% grad; Mid 50% V=480-580 M=480-580; yield=28
Fiske 1998: Aca 2/5, Soc 3/5, QofL 2/5;
V75%=580; M75%=580; Ret Fr=75%; Grad-5yr=52%.
Barron's 1999: Yield=30%; Rm&Bd=$5,962; Out-State=36%; 
Fra/Sor=17/20. 
* Nice campus. As of Sep, 1998, they have the most cumbersome web
site of any college site that that SCFun has visited. If their web
site was a simple bill-board off Route 95, administrators would be
outraged at its "appearance" - but a web site, ... no one apparently
knows enough to feel comfortable criticizing it. 
  Admissions will be very slow to answer your e-mail, if you are
lucky enough to get an answer. 
  Has great theatre program - BFA. 
  Pharmacy, of course, is one of its best schools.
  URI will send a postcard which will explain how to use your phone
to get your application status.
  URI will accept about 1,293 RI citizens into the class of 1999.
Home Page
School Newspaper
Alumni Magazine | Alumni Online
Student Web pages


Connecticut Colleges

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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Select Quinnipiac C          S        4,179 $15,740         #8 
                                         R&B=$7,590

* Pretty campus. State park right across the street for hiking and
climbing. Only minutes from Yale and New Haven.

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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Select U of Connecticut      R       11,437 $ 5,454 $14,228 N-T2   
                                                 R&B=$5,544

yield=29
Fiske 1998: Aca 4/5, Soc 3/5, QofL 3/5;
V75%=600; M75%=610; Ret Fr=86%; Grad-5yr=63%.
Barron's 1999: Yield=32%; Rm&Bd=$5,462; Out-State=16%; 
Fra/Sor=10/05. 
* Okay campus. Rural area. Cows on the edge of campus. Financial aid
people are great.
  UConn will accept about 415 non CT citizens into the class of 1999.
Home Page
School Newspaper
Alumni Magazine
Student Web pages

New York Colleges

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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Select Hofstra U             S        8,568 $13,544         N-T3
                                         R&B=$6,936

* Slow to answer questions! Training camp of NYJets. Great commx
program.
New Jersey Colleges

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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       College of New Jersey                                     

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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MOST   Princeton U           S        4,721 $23,820         N-#1
                                         R&B=$6,711

96-1-760-780-A, 96-3-720-800-R
Mid 50% V=670-770, M=680-780; yield=57
* Nice area! There's a Stanhope Hall on campus.

Pennsylvania Colleges

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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More   Muhlenberg C          S        2,370 $19,300         N-T2

'98-'99        Room     Board 
Muhlenberg    2,690     2,510

* School sounds like it's from the 1950's - singing to the
president, drive-ins, etc. Great theatre department.

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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MOST   Swarthmore C          S        1,370 $22,000         N-#2
                                         R&B=$7,500

97-3-720-730-A, 96-1-760-780-A, 95-11-590-700-R, 
94-6-670-740-A
30% acc; 95% grad; Mid 50% V=630-760 M=630-730; yield=33
* Small campus. Considered by some experts as the "#1 Liberal Arts
College". Public transportation (trains) right on the edge of 
campus.

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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MOST   U of Pennsylvania     U        9,521 $23,254         N-#6
                                         R&B=$7,730

97-46-800-660-R, 96-13-790-670-R
30% acc; 86% grad; Mid 50% V=620-710 M=650-730; yield=47
* An alum in your area will interview you.

Virginia Colleges

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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MOST   C of William & Mary   S        5,563 $ 5,032 $15,404 N-#33  

'98-'99        Room     Board 
W&M           2,736     2,000 (19 meals)

97-8-690-710-A, 97-13-720-720-A, 97-17-560-700-WL, 
97-29-690-680-WL, 97-33-690-590-R, 96-13-680-610-A            
46% acc; 88% grad; Mid 50% V=600-710 M=590-690; yield=41
* Nice. Colonial Williamsburg next door. Real world is also right
across the street. Great deli. What's the name of it?

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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       James Madison                                             
* Overflow are put up in the local Howard Johnson's.

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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More   U of Richmond         S        3,637 $18,883         #1

'98-'99        Room     Board 
URichmond          3,905

97-41-620-580-R, 97-37-640-660-WL
50% acc; 83% grad; Mid 50% V=590-670 M=600-680; yield=27
Fiske 1998: Aca 3/5, Soc 3/5, QofL 3/5;
V75%=670; M75%=680; Ret Fr=92%; Grad-5yr=80%.
Barron's 1999: Yield=31%; Rm&Bd=$3,905; Out-State=83%; 
Fra/Sor=39/50. 
* Very pretty. In the city but isolated. Only school in country to 
offer a Leadership Major. No interviews - what's the point?... 
they seem to end up liking everyone anyways.
  URichmond will accept about 624 non VA citizens into the class of
1999.
Home Page
School Newspaper
Alumni Magazine
Student Web pages

UR Police




Virginia Colleges ... (Continued)

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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MOST   U of Virginia         S       13,246 $ 4,866 $15,814 N-#22

'98-'99        Room     Board 
UVA                4,415

96-35-710-670-A
33% acc; 90% grad; Mid 50% V=600-690 M=610-710; yield=48
* Big. 

North Carolina Colleges

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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More   NC State U            U       11,900 $ 2,341 $11,506 N-T2
                                                 R&B=$4,560

Home Page
School Newspaper
Alumni Magazine
Student Web pages

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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MOST   UNC-Chapel Hill       U       15,362 $ 2,225 $11,211 N-#24
                                                 R&B=$4,270

97-6-670-750-R, 96-21-680-640-R, 96-25-670-740-A, 
96-39-670-640-R
37% acc; 81% grad; Mid 50% V=560-670 M=560-660; yield=57
* Tradition. Has the best application package - well organized.
  UNC-CH will accept about 647 non NC citizens into the class of
1999.
Home Page
School Newspaper
Alumni Magazine
Student Web pages

Store Cam

South Carolina Colleges

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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More   College of Charleston U        7,406 $ 3,190 $ 6,880 Tier 1 

'98-'99        Room     Board 
CofCharleston 2,450     1,450

Fiske 1998: Aca 3/5, Soc 3/5, QofL 4/5;
 V75%=610; M75%=590; Ret Fr=80%; Grad-5yr=52%.
Barron's 1999: Yield=36%; Rm&Bd=$3,900; Out-State=25%; 
Fra/Sor=18/18. 
* Everybody seems to like CofC.
  CofC will accept about 508 non SC citizens into the class of 1999.
Home Page
School Newspaper
Alumni Magazine
Student Web pages

Annette's Page (a CofC booster)
Biology Club
Bookstore
Campus Recreation Services
Some DORMS
Kelly House (Off campus)
Physics Club
President's House / Glebe St. - Dead?
A Slide Show
Streets of Charleston
Tommy Condon's Restaurant
Visitor's Guide

Georgia Colleges
Georgia high school students can get free tuition with a "B" 
average from the Hope grant. If they are also in the top two of
their graduating class, they get free room and board.

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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       Berry College 
* Larget Campus in USA.

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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MOST   Emory University      U        5,799 $21,120         N-#9   
                                         R&B=$7,100

97-33-690-590-WL, 97-64-640-530-R
45% acc; 90% grad; Mid 50% V=620-710 M=630-720
* Atlanta. National Division III schedule; they fly to many of
their away games. Lots of rich kids who are potential doctors and
lawyers. Jimmy Carter teaches there. Coca-Cola money.
Home Page
School Newspaper
Alumni Magazine
Student Web pages

Florida Colleges

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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Select Eckerd College        S        1,415 $17,685         N-T3

'98-'99        Room     Board 
Eckerd             4,810

Fiske 1998: Aca 3/5, Soc 3/5, QofL 5/5;
 V75%=640; M75%=630; Ret Fr=80%; Grad-5yr=64%.
Barron's 1999: Yield=30%; Rm&Bd=$4,810; Out-State=65%; 
Fra/Sor=0. 
* Right on the water. Dorms appear to be only two stories high
which may be a big plus. They like to have fun, i.e., "powder-puff"
football games. Not a party school. They work you hard.
  Eckerd will place a phone call to update you on your 
application status.
  Eckerd will accept about 237 non FL citizens into the class of
1999.
  Pros: Individual attention, mentors, small classes, growth
experience. Students and Professors are very friendly. Climate.
  Cons: Physics Dept could be stronger. Very slightly run down.
Home Page
School Newspaper
Alumni Magazine
Student Web pages

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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       Flagler                                                 
* An old resort hotel. Every room unique.

Select College               *Set'ng FT-Stu Tuit-In Tui-Out *Rating
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More   Rollins College       S        1,480 $20,010         #2
                                         R&B=$6,340

* Architecture reminds one of Stanford. Right on a lake. Has big
outdoor heated swimming pool. Students all seem to fit the same
mold.

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MISCELLANEOUS


Academic Work On-line: Encyclopaedia Diplomica | Oxford Academic | Dissertation.com

Accents: Irish or British ... Consider using an Irish or British accent during any college interviews. Your chances of being accepted to the college of your choice will greatly increase if you use these accents as opposed to, say a Southern, Brooklyn, Down-East, or Mid-West accent.

Americans often assume that someone with the "cleanly articulated" speech of an upper-class Brit is more intelligent than most, and has "a little more control of the situation". With a Brooklyn accent, you will be perceived as "crass".

Professor Alan Stern, from the University of Connecticut, has written books, which are accompanied by audio tapes, that can help one learn a new accent. He is the founder of Dialect/Accents Specialists.

Admissions: Berkeley sued over minority admissions. Here is CNN's story which was dated 2/3/99. It may not be active now. Below are the first few paragraphs. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Jesus Rios started working in the fields at age 8, dug ditches with his father after high school classes and graduated with a grade-point average above 4.0.
Gregory McConnell Jr., grandson of a black law professor, also got high grades in high school, played varsity tennis and won a full-tuition scholarship to an East Coast college.
Yet both McConnell and Rios were denied admission last fall to the University of California at Berkeley. Newsweek, April 5, 1999

Click here for "Inside The Admissions Game"

Advice: Always carry a pen and date everything. | Don't ever leave your drink unattended. | Keep your head up and watch your back. | Cover your ass. | When you first show up for a new job, drop the "attitude". | Don't be surprised if your boss doesn't want the best you have to give. | At work, never volunteer. | Don't co-sign anything. | Live below your means and save. | Don't buy a house with gas or a well. | If they ask $10, they mean $8, they'll take $6, it's worth $4, offer them $2. | Show up on time! - (Free Personalized Calendar), also Jump and Yahoo!

B+ and C- Students: Tired of all the "A Students" getting the bulk of the scholarships? Warren Bielke, a Minnesota businessman, has endowed a $1 million college fund at his old high school. The hitch - you must be a B+ to C- student in order to qualify.

Bird's Eye View of ...:
Clemson University - Clemson, SC.
College of Charleston - Charleston, SC (Marion Square also).
College of William & Mary - Willamsburg, VA (coming).
Eckerd College - St. Petersburg, FL.
Emory University - northeast Atlanta, GA.
Georgia Tech - central Atlanta, GA.
Hofstra University - Hempstead, NY (coming).
Muhlenberg College - Allentown, PA.
North Carolina State University - Raleigh, NC.
Princeton University - Princeton, NJ (coming).
Quinnipiac College - Hamden, CT (coming).
Rollins College - with heated pool overlooking Lake Virginia - Winter Park, FL.
Swarthmore College - Swarthmore, PA (coming).
University of Connecticut - Storrs, CT (not available).
U of Maine - Orono, ME (not available).
U of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, NC.
U of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA (coming).
U of Rhode Island - South Kingstown, RI.
U of Richmond - Richmond, VA.
U of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA (coming). Books:

College Handbook Fiske Guide
Bookstore: Bigwords; Efollett; VarsityBooks; Textbooks.

Class Notes: StudentU.

College Park: Student Living.

Computers: Be careful before you buy a computer for college. Check with your college for the necessary specs. Also, you may be able to get a student educational discount if purchased through the school. For refurbished computers, check this IBM site.

Crime: The college of your choice will be happy to provide you with their "crime reports".

Honors: How do the honors programs at various colleges compare ... to both an honors program and a non-honors program at another college? Some non-honors are probably more difficult than some honors programs.

Cheap MAGAZINES: Visit ACMMS or MagazineLine.

Mall-Speak: Many colleges are fed up with how poorly the typical incoming freshman speaks. Too much "mall-speak". Smith College President Ruth Simmons has had enough. Last year Smith introduced "Speaking Across the Curriculum" to help improve the situation. More and more colleges are copying Smith.

College NEWSPAPERS: CPNET (College Press Network) | Student.com

Questions (for college visit): Yada!

Roommates: Careful, when a college asks for your preference in a roommate, they often assume the qualities you want in a roommate are the same qualities that you possess. They don't ask about yourself. In reality, you know there are some messy kids who will want a neat roommate.

Smoking: Are there any colleges that have, or will have in a few years, a policy to prohibit smoking on campus? Many colleges have dorms that are substance free. Not only won't you be smoking, but, if you are of age, there will be no booze either.

Make a STATEMENT: When the admissions officer calls to ask why you are not enrolling, take a moment to "make a statement". Just don't say you prefer College XYZ. Help improve the school you are turning down for the other students who will be applying there. There must be something you didn't like about the school, something that could be improved. - "Your school never answers their E-Mail"; "Your building interiors were filthy."; "The food in the dining hall had no taste.". Something!

Teacher Certification Reciprocity: Most states probably have agreements with Rhode Island. So far, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida do.

TRAILERS: For trailer rentals, try U-Haul.com. They even have a message board for those who want to share a rental.



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