links for 2007-04-30

Young, Gifted, and Not Getting Into Harvard – New York Times
A Harvard alum and interviewer reflects on the kids that don’t get into Harvard – and it’s not who you think they are.
(tags: harvard education admissions stress achievement overachievers parenting)

MBAs Without Borders

The MBA, or Masters of Business Administration, is one of the most prized degrees in the world. It’s commonly perceived that people with MBAs go on to be high-ranked CEOs and Managing Directors, taking charge of multinational companies, rolling in the money. It’s a strong symbol of wealth, status, and power.
But what if you’re interested [...]

links for 2007-04-25

BBC NEWS | Education | Academic credits for volunteering
“University students could be given credits towards their degrees for time spent volunteering, says a government policy review.”
(tags: education university volunteering youth credit academia goodidea)

SEALNet – Work in South East Asia!

If you’ve got a couple of weeks to spare in the middle of the year, use it to help various communities around South East Asia.
SEALNet, a Stanford-based non-profit, is organizing various trips for college students to S.E. Asia for community work. Their projects are:

Encouraging the growth of the arts in Cambodia
Raise educational awareness in Thailand
Increase [...]

Virginia Tech: Treasure Life

As many of you probably already know, there was a mass shooting in USA’s Virginia Tech university, killing about 32 people. It was the worst incident of its kind in US history.
Right now there’s more than enough conjecture on who did what and why, what influences did they have, what that means for gun control, [...]

links for 2007-04-15

BBC NEWS | England | A-grade pupil banned from dance
“An A-grade pupil has been banned from her school prom because her parents refused to allow her to attend extra revision lessons.” Wait, what?
(tags: education news unfair students rights)

links for 2007-04-02

The Triumph of Victor Valley Alums – The Boston Globe
“So I’m here to tell you: We’ve been lying. It really doesn’t matter whether you get into an Ivy League school or someplace unknown.”
(tags: ivyleague college university admissions education prestige)

links for 2007-04-01

college_help: “To All The Girls I’ve Rejected”
Notes about admissions and rejections from American universities. There’s a lot more than meets the eye…
(tags: america admissions university college students education stress life)