| New
York, August 10, 2004 – For high school students, the past year
has been a particularly eventful one, characterized by a new SAT, changing
early decision policies and a shifting economic and political arena.
The 2005 Kaplan/Newsweek "How to Get into College” Guide reflects
the changing and increasingly competitive college admissions landscape
featuring a list of “America’s 25 Hot Schools” that
recognizes areas such as practical job-centric programs, schools that
embrace and cultivate diversity, emphasis on quality of life issues and,
in this politicized environment, schools with a military bent.
Designed to provide families with insight into the college application
process, the guide contains essential admissions strategies, revealed
in such articles as “The Write Stuff,” a before and after
look at a college essay, and “Safety
First,” which provides
perspective on drawing up the ideal list of schools. “Surviving
the New SAT” arms students with the information they need as
this new admissions hurdle becomes a reality in March, 2005. “Helping
Hand” profiles an organization that provides opportunities for
low-income students, while “Diversity
101” focuses on race
and affirmative-action policies. The guide also explores the latest
on a variety of perennially popular campus life topics ranging from
cafeteria cuisine to high tech roommate pairings to health and safety
issues.
This year, Kaplan/Newsweek has launched an expanded “Hot Schools” list
in the guide, based on admissions trends and extensive interviews with
a broad array of educators, admissions officers, students and other
longtime observers of the admissions process. The applicant pool for
each of these schools has grown much stronger in recent years – not
only in sheer numbers of students applying, but also in test scores,
grades and extracurricular accomplishments. And although all these
schools have demonstrated continuing excellence, various qualities
made many stand out in 2004.
This year's “Hot Schools” deserve individual recognition
for their choice attributes, such as specialty programs, state-of-the-art
facilities or comprehensive financial-aid packages. Dream schools come
in all shapes and sizes and the guide spotlights stand-out gems – public
and private, small and large, liberal arts and tech-focused – that
students and parents want to know about.
This year’s hottest…
- Ivy: Yale
University, New Haven, CT
- School for the arts: Juilliard
School, New York, NY
- Big 10: Northwestern
University, Evanston,
IL
- Library: Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA
- Riding school: Hollins
University, Roanoke, VA
- Architecture: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
- Fitness: University
of Virginia, Charlottesville,
VA
- Diversity: Wesleyan
University, Middletown, CT
- Tech-savvy: Dartmouth
College, Hanover, NH
- Studying abroad: Tufts
University, Medford,
MA
- Honor code: Haverford
College, Haverford, PA
- Political junkies:
George Washington University, Washington, DC
- Greeks with brains:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Double majors: Rice
University,
Houston, TX
- Hot and dry: Pomona
College, Claremont, CA
- State university: University
of Texas at Austin
- Getting a job: Carnegie
Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, PA
- Entrepreneurs: Pennsylvania
State University, University Park, PA
- Health careers: UNC/Chapel
Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
- Individualists: Oberlin
College,
Oberlin, OH
- City haters: Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY
- City lovers: New
York University,
New York, NY
- Military school:
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
- Scholarships: Berea
College,
Berea, KY
- Surf-and-ski:
University of California, Santa
Barbara
The Kaplan/Newsweek guide also provides admissions advice for “Hot
School” hopefuls as well as articles on timely topics such
as the implications of changing early decision, wait list, legacy
and
rejection policies; an overview of college search secrets and
the inside story on changing college curriculum. The back of
the guide
is comprised
of resources from Kaplan including a full length practice SAT
and detailed listings of the 331 most interesting colleges in
the country.
The Kaplan/Newsweek guide combines Newsweek’s journalistic excellence
with Kaplan’s 65+ years of college admissions expertise. The
264-page guide will go on sale on August 16th and can also be ordered
on Kaplan’s Web site (www.kaptest.com/store/) or by calling toll-free
800-KAP-ITEM.
Kaplan is a premier provider of educational and career services for
individuals, schools and businesses. With more than 3,000 classroom
locations in the U.S. and abroad, Kaplan has served well over three
million students over 65 + years in its nationally-recognized courses
for 35 standardized tests, including entrance exams for secondary school,
college and graduate school as well as English language and professional
licensing exams. Kaplan also offers after-school learning programs
for K-10 students through its SCORE! Educational Centers; licensing
and continuing education training and compliance tracking through Kaplan
Professional; and post-secondary programs through Kaplan Higher Education.
Founded in 1933, Newsweek provides comprehensive coverage of national
and international affairs, business, society, science and technology,
and arts and entertainment. Headquartered in New York, Newsweek has
19 bureaus located in the U.S. and around the globe. Newsweek has a
worldwide circulation of more than 4 million and a total readership
of more than 22 million. The magazine appears in more than 190 countries.
Newsweek magazine has won more National Magazine Awards than all other
newsweeklies combined. Kaplan and Newsweek are subsidiaries of The
Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO).
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