CollegeAdmissions

You thought it was your kid's SAT score that prevented him from getting admitted to the college of his dreams, but it may have been your credit score. More and more colleges are looking for students who can pay full tuition, and setting the admissions bar higher for those who need financial aid.

Bruce Watson recently took a look at the rising cost of private high school tuition. Can you bank on getting a strong return on investment from sending your teen to one? Depends on how you measure.

Lynn O'Shaughnessy of MoneyWatch reports on a vaguely creepy trend emerging among the ranks of high school students seeking admission to selective colleges: using Facebook to curry favor with admissions officers. A new survey conducted by Kaplan Inc. found that 71% of admission officers had...

How does a college reject applicants? The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) counts the ways: Harvard is compassionate, Boston University discouraging. Mount Allision University offers a personal touch, and Duke is wonderfully kind: "I know you will find an institution at which you will be...

College acceptance (and rejection) letters are in the mail right now, so now comes the hard part: picking the right school.I recently interviewed Eric Yaverbaum, president of collegeClickTV.com, who says families can save up to $10,000 on costs associated with visiting all the campuses they're...