Archive for November, 2008

The “MAN” is keeping our students down

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

The foul hands that caused the economic meltdown are far reaching. Now reaching into our children’s future. It was once thought a privilege to attend college. Only the elite and wealthy were well educated.
No longer is this the fact. College is attainable by any who have the desire to attend. It is just a matter [...]

CollegeTV is coming! Lock the doors, bar the windows!

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Hi this is J.D. Wyczalek (why-zall-ick) the College Guy.
I am really excited about a new project I am working on called CollegeTV.
Here is how it works. Submit a question to me regarding anything to related to college. It could be questions like: which is the best college for my student, how do I research colleges [...]

Dude, where’s my financial aid?

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Dude, where’s my financial aid? By: Chris Damitio 11/24/08
What do you mean my financial aid has been cut $5,000? That’s what went through my head at the beginning of this, my final semester, at UH.
As a kid, my family ate government cheese, and now as an adult without a degree, I’ve found mostly minimum-wage jobs, [...]

California colleges restrict admissions to select

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Is your student thinking of going to a California State University college like San Jose State, San Diego State, Cal State Long Beach or Fullerton.
Traditionally it has been more difficult to be admitted to the UC schools such as UCLA, UC Berkley and UC Sand Diego. Now it may be more dificult for your student to [...]

Fountain of Youth -longevity found in college

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Truth sometimes is stranger than fiction. Here is another wacky college statistic.
Believe it or not, a recent survey showed Americans with a college education can expect to live 7 years longer than those who only finish high school. Of course, the study was done by Harvard University, so there may be some bias there. On [...]

5 lethal application blunders

Friday, November 14th, 2008

1.) Missppelling and Grammadical Arrors
Not poof-reading, or rushing threw he application can leed to small mistakes that can make a huge unfavorable impression. Fill out the traditional application and let yer friends, parents and counselor review it. If you want to go to college and you’re using their, there, and they’re incorrectly- well now we [...]

$12,000 scholarships revoked from hopeful students

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Like a magician, now you have it. Now you don’t.
The University of Buffalo made a big mistake, and now more than 100 students may not be able to afford to go to school. U.B. accidentally gave too much financial aid this year to 134 students, maybe more, and now those students will have to pay [...]

To my fellow Americans and Veterans

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Thank you from the bottom of my heart, thank you. It is because of brave men and women like you that we have such a great country.

Ten thousand pound loophole

Friday, November 7th, 2008

By J.D. Wyczalek Nov 7 2008
Thank God the election is finally over. If there is one more political TV commercial I just might pop. Now we can go back to viewing our regular TV commercials indoctrinated with drug ad pharmaceuticals.
There really should be a pharmaceutical product that cures peniaphobia (the fear of going broke) especially [...]

36 common college admission application mistakes

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

Don’t make these 36 most common college application admission mistakes. It could  be the difference between a yes and a no.
1. Students do not read the directions carefully to make sure they understand what items are needed in order to complete their application. Recommendation:Before beginning the application read through it for understanding.
2. Students write the [...]