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GMAT scandal targets 6000 cheaters

July 2, 2008 – 9:52 am by Nick

The Graduate Management Admissions Council, responsible for preparing the GMAT test questions, is questioning 6,000 business school students, who might have had access to GMAT questions beforehand. The GMAC sued Scoretop.com for publishing "live" GMAT questions. Scoretop featured a $30 VIP service, giving users access to live questions. Established GMAT preparation company like a Kaplan buy past questions The court ruled in favor of GMAC, awarding the company $2.3 million plus legal costs. The court also ordered Scoretop to hand over their domain name and hard drives. Scoretop blamed an active community of posters, who would reconstruct and post "live" questions after taking the exam. Over the five year's of Scoretop's existence, 6,000 current, prospective, and former business school students cheated by having access to questions. GMAC is ...

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GlobalScholar Proudly Announces New Site: Preschool Finder!

June 30, 2008 – 4:00 pm by Kim

GlobalScholar has added another online directory for education; this time at the preschool level. We already help parents make educated decisions on where to send their child to grade school, and help high school graduates decide where to go to college, so why not help with early education as well? So without further ado, we give you Preschool Finder. Preschool Finder offers similar search features as SchoolFinder and CollegeFinder and the same abilities to browse and compare schools. Preschools are organized by neighborhood, rather than by the state alone, making your search for the perfect school even easier. For each preschool included in the site, information on costs and financial aid, contact information, maps and resources have been provided. Additionally, school reviews are available so you can see ...

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OpenCourseWare Colleges

June 26, 2008 – 7:59 am by Nick

Choosing the correct path in life is difficult. Parents pressure their children to embrace a particular profession and personality tests do not help that much. OpenCourseWare is an effort from universities and colleges to make their classes accessible to public. They become the best litmus test for student to discover their interests. Some of the best schools in the world allow anyone to download audio and video of several courses from each faculty. Some professors have also become famous for their intricate lectures. It takes decades for them to perfect their demonstrations, slides, in class experiments, and speeches. Most of the colleges on the list also offer documentation. First year courses are the best to download in any faculty. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stanford University University of California - Irvine Brigham ...

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Top US Engineering Schools 2008

June 24, 2008 – 1:53 am by Nick

The US News 2008 ranking of the best graduate engineering schools presented few surprises this year. MIT remains the top engineering school in the nation. The 198 schools were ranked by using surveys, statistics, and peer grading. They calculate the overall score of each college by adding up grades for quality assessment, peer assessment, recruiter assessment, student selectivity, mean GRE quantitative scores, acceptance rate, faculty resources, student to faculty ratio, percent of faculty who are members of the National Academy of Engineering, doctoral degrees awarded, total research expenditures, research activity, and average research expenditures per faculty member. Remember to use the CollegeFinder “college comparison” feature to determine the graduate program that best meets your needs. Here are the 2008 Engineering School rankings: Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

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50 Tips for first year College Students

June 20, 2008 – 2:02 am by Nick

Ben Jones, a blogger for Massachusetts Institute of Technology admissions, penned an inspired piece, advising the students of 50 tips to navigate he next four years. The comment section is overflowing with praise, emotion, and nostalgia. The list applies to college students of any year, and provides a clear path to enjoying your time in college. Here are some of our favorite tips: “ 2. Call someone you love back home a few times a week, even if just for a few minutes.” “8. Become friends with your favorite professors. Recognize that they can learn from you too - in fact, that's part of the reason they chose to be professors.” “ 22. Take some classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun ...

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Top US Business Schools 2008

June 19, 2008 – 5:21 am by Nick

The US News 2008 ranking of the best graduate business schools presented few surprises at the top, but much movement lower in the ranks. The 425 master's program were ranked by using surveys, statistics, and peer grading. They calculate the overall score of each college by adding up grades for peer assessment, recruiter assessment, placement success, mean starting salary and bonus, student selectivity, mean GMAT scores, mean undergraduate GPA, acceptance rate, and employment rates at graduation. Remember to use the CollegeFinder “college comparison” feature to determine the graduate program that best meets your needs.Here are the 2008 Business School rankings: Harvard University Boston, MA // Score 100 Stanford University Stanford, CA // Score 100 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) Philadelphia, PA // Score 95 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) Cambridge, MA ...

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Top US Law Schools 2008

June 18, 2008 – 7:07 am by Nick

Each year the US News ranks the top law schools in the nation. They determine the rankings by issuing surveys. They grade the 184 law schools on their peer assessment score, assessment score by lawyers/judges, selectivity, median LSAT scores, median undergrad GPA, acceptance rate, placement success, employment rates for graduates, bar passage rate, expenditures per student, student/faculty ratio, and library resources. Remember to use the CollegeFinder “college comparison” feature to determine the law school that best meets your needs. Here are the 2008 Law School rankings: Yale University New Haven, CT // Score 100 Harvard University Cambridge, MA // Score 91 Stanford University Stanford, CA // Score 91 Columbia University New York, NY // Score 88 New York University New York, NY // Score 85 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA // Score 81 University ...

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Oprah Stanford Commencement Speech

June 17, 2008 – 6:51 am by Nick

Oprah Winfrey, the queen of daytime television, delivered an excellent commencement speech, emphasizing a strong call to service. Her Stanford University Commencement speech began with a her gifting everyone in the crowd Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth and Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind. Stanford’s Class of 2008 cheered and high-fived. During the speech, Oprah drew on her personal experiences and acknowledged her graduating goddaughter, Gayle King's daughter. "I like money," said Winfrey,"it's good for buying things. What you want is money with meaning. Meaning is what brings real richness to your life." She spoke of controversial opening of the $40 million Leadership Academy for Girls. "I built that school from the outside in, when what really mattered was the inside out." Winfrey advised the graduates to help ...

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College Necessities

June 16, 2008 – 9:27 am by Nick

Students usually make the mistake of bringing the wrong things to college. Many helpful items will save countless hours and make the experience of living away from home a lot easier. Overlooking many items will cost you time and money. Buy a Laser Printer: Inkjet printers are the biggest scam ever! Parents should buy a laser printer for their college-bound child. Samsung manufactures a line of inexpensive monochrome printers, which print out thousands of pages before needing a refill. Pick the monochrome printer over the color printers because students will never be required to print anything in color. Multi-function printers are a waste because scanning and fax functions are rarely used. Insanely cheap, manual refills for the printer can also be bought on eBay. Also ...

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Top US Medical Schools 2008

June 16, 2008 – 4:02 am by Nick

Each year the US News ranks the top medical schools in the nation. They determine the rankings by issuing surveys. They grade the schools on their quality, residency directors, research activity, research activity per faculty member, primary-care rate, student selectivity, mean MCAT score, mean undergraduate GPA, acceptance rate, faculty resources, overall rank, and specialty rankings. A quick reminder to use the CollegeFinder "college comparison" feature to determine the school that best meets your needs. Here are the 2008 Medical School rankings: Harvard University Johns Hopkins University University of Pennsylvania Washington University in St. Louis University of California-San Francisco University of Washington Stanford University Yale University Duke University Baylor College of Medicine Columbia University Medical Center University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of California-Los Angeles University of California-San Diego Cornell University University of Pittsburgh University of Chicago Vanderbilt University University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center University of North ...

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