College Wait Lists: Admissions Purgatory
For those of us who have grown accustomed to having our most trivial inquiries answered in seconds by our favorite search engine, not knowing the answer to a question instantly can be frustrating. I hit my personal rock bottom of information impatience the day I actually pulled out my smartphone to search for the answer to Final Jeopardy while the contestants were still writing their answers on the television screen. The college application process can seem like an archaic and slow motion process for the need-to-know-now generation of students who are just graduating from high school. Even though most colleges and universities now offer fast and easy online applications, the acceptance procedure at some schools can still take several weeks or even months, and is often painfully slow. After all the anticipation and uncertainty, when the school’s letter arrives in the mail, it should come with a sense of some finality: acceptance or denial, and at least the agony of waiting and wondering is done. But what if you receive a letter that neither confirms your acceptance nor denies your entry to the school? What if the letter informs you that you have been placed on the college’s “wait list”? Read the rest of this entry »
WiseChoice Widgets
At WiseChoice, we are constantly developing new and helpful tools for students and educators. Our goal is to provide very accurate information, and to make searching for colleges and scholarships as simple as possible. So let us introduce you to our newest tools, recently unveiled by our innovative development team. We’re proud to offer three new widgets, one for WiseChoice.com and two for our sister site, ScholarshipExperts.com. Teachers, counselors, students or anyone with a website can choose and customize a widget with our Widget Wizard, grab the code and paste it into their site. Best of all, these new widgets are all available for free – there is no cost to place these time-saving tools on your site! Read the rest of this entry »
Ringing in the New Year at WiseChoice
So, we’re one month in to the new year, and we decided it was time to talk about some of the latest and greatest goings-on here at WiseChoice. In the past few months, we’ve made several changes and additions to the site that we want to share with you.
For starters, we launched the WiseChoice for Professionals Educator Resource Center, where teachers, guidance counselors, independent educational consultants and other professionals can go to access a variety of free resources on a number of different topics. Download helpful college planning and financial aid handouts, review programs featured in the Scholarship Spotlight and check out the highlighted College of the Day and Career Corner listings. Read the rest of this entry »
One for the Team: WiseChoice’s College Search Makes the News
Have you ever had your name in the newspaper for something? Maybe you’ve had your name posted at school for being on the honor roll, or for your community service efforts, or for being on the winning soccer team? If you have, then you understand what a great feeling it is to be acknowledged for the good work that you do. That’s how I felt the other day when one of my friends called to say she’d seen this article on WiseChoice! There’s nothing like a public shout out for your team!
College Transfer, Continued: Real Life Examples
“What’s wrong with transferring?” Jay Mathews of The Washington Post asks this question of a survey completed by WiseChoice. The survey, which included over 800 college freshmen nationwide, found that 33% were already thinking about transferring. That seems like quite a large percentage to WiseChoice, especially just a few months into the first semester of college. WiseChoice believes that if students took more time to research their selected schools before applying, many could eliminate transferring and instead, find college to be a rewarding experience right from the start. (Not to mention, avoiding the headaches and costs associated with transferring.)
However, Mr. Mathews argues that transferring to another college is part of the maturation process, “trying something and seeing if it works, then moving on if it doesn’t.”
So, what do others have to say about transferring? Read real life examples from those who transferred colleges and the situations they encountered.
Welcome to the WiseChoice Blog
Let’s face it; applying to college can be tedious, boring and one giant labyrinth of tests and paperwork. Toiling over college websites, school essays and writing the pros vs. cons of each institution can feel like a lonely place. It seems that there is nowhere to go to find the answers to all of your burning, college-related questions and no community to fall back on when deciding on these next big steps in your life.
Of course, all of that nonsense was way back when and now you have WiseChoice. And aren’t you lucky. WiseChoice—along with the WiseChoice blog—is the preeminent one- stop shop for finding the information you need, brought to you by individuals who have been there, done that and want you to find your perfect match when it comes to post-secondary education.
Here at WiseChoice, we want you to enjoy the college-finding experience whether you want to stay at home or move 3,000 miles away and whether you want to major in Kinesiology or Political Science. Either way we want to get you there intact. With guidance on financial aid and the differences between universities in Washington State and Washington, DC, we are here to provide you with the ultimate experience in planning this next step of your future.
So sit back and relax. Welcome to the WiseChoice blog.
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