Going to College In America

In future posts, we’ll cover strategies for writing different kinds of essays – SAT essays, essays on tests, and more. Today, we’ll cover the college application essay.
There are actually two kinds of college application essays . . .
1)      The writing sample that you include in the common application online.
2)      An essay that is required as [...]

A few decades ago, the word “college” meant pretty much one thing for students who were attending college in America. If you were a born-and-bred American student, you graduated high school and then headed off to live on a college campus and complete your degree in four years. Even if you were a non-U.S. student [...]

Students from Asia to Europe, from Africa to India, all dream of going to college in America.
If it’s your dream too, here’s some important news for you. Fisher College, one of America’s highly respected New England colleges, has created a special new initiative with StraighterLine to welcome non-U.S. students. Opening its doors to foreign students [...]

All the posts we publish on the StraighterLine Blog are masterpieces – of course! However, some are apparently more mastery than others.
These posts are the best of 2012 and a few from 2011 that continue to be some of our readers favorites.
CAREERS
Your resume is your landing page.  In our electronic age, your resume will work [...]

An Invitation for International Students to Attend College in America
If you’re an accomplished student who has completed high school in another country, have you considered attending college in America? Chances are that you have. As you know, there are hundreds of excellentAmerican colleges and universities, far more than in any other country in the world [...]

Are you an international student who is eager to go to college in America? If so, you are thinking in a very smart way.
What are your motivations?
Perhaps you are simply interested in getting a top-notch education at an American university. Perhaps you are a gifted student who didn’t score at the very top of your final [...]

StraighterLine has big news to tell! The University of the Incarnate Word (UIW), one of America’s finest universities, has just become a StraighterLine Partner College.

Today, we begin a series of posts about terrific colleges that you should know about as you make your college plans. Today, we profile Granite State College in New Hampshire.