You know how in your industry, there are a few people who are thought leaders, and everyone listens when they offer their opinion? In college admissions, Jon Boeckenstedt (“bock-en-stet”) is one of those people. He’s the VP of Enrollment at Oregon State University. Warning: this post contains homework! The linked articles will help you … Read more
College admissions is more complicated than when we applied 30 years ago, and unfortunately, California’s state university systems have not grown to meet our changing and burgeoning population. There’s not enough room in the UC and CSU systems’ freshman class for all of California’s graduating seniors each year – let alone the tens of … Read more
There are nine undergraduate campuses in the University of California system: Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara. There are 23 campuses in the California State University system (map to the right). California public schools graduate about half a million high school seniors every year – that’s just from … Read more
There have been a few recent articles in the LA Times which should give pause to California students and parents considering any of the UC or CSU campuses. Many parents believe that our public university system is the best value education for their child. We challenge our clients to do some research before coming to … Read more