A College Admissions Expert Reveals the Summer Activities That Will Actually Impress on an Application

Hang by the pool, enroll in summer school, or get a job? Here’s what one independent college admissions counselor advises her ...
Seattle Times

For college students, it’s summer vacation. For scavengers, it’s Christmas.

Valentino sneakers that retail for $980. A Tovala toaster oven, originally $390. A Clear Home Design Lucite table, which would have cost $899 — except in this case, it was free. Lena Geller found ...
The State

40K USC students are on summer vacation. How do Columbia businesses survive?

Ginny Bozeman and her daughter, Anna Bozeman, 15, look at sun glasses at A Little Happy in Five Points. The gift shop features a wide variety of gift items, custom ball caps and licensed fraternity ...
NJ.com

Asking Eric: Summer is here and students are home from college ... not mine, though

DEAR ERIC: Summer months are upon us and most students will soon be heading home from college for their vacations, except mine. Every summer since starting college they have worked a summer job that ...
Princeton University

How Princeton summer programs help high school, public college, transfer, veteran and other students succeed in school and beyond

Emily Popek, a first-generation college student from Stillwater Township, New Jersey, is starting her first year at Princeton with “more confidence and an open mind” following eight weeks in one of ...