Talkin' Smack-a-demic

Haul out your specs and trench coats…
Still not sure how this college thing is going to work? Worried you don’t have the right info to make sound choices? PUNCH has a word (or three) of advice for you: Be the investigator. That’s right. Finding the right college means getting forreal, forreal serious about your personal preferences—on things like money, majors, and general mojo—and then hunting ‘em down! Let’s go brass tacks this month and start crafting a list of colleges that make the cut.

POTENT PUNCHABLES Does Your College Rank Good, Bad, or Ugly? Discussion: Help! My Kid Wants to Become an English Professor! Six Secrets You Won’t Get from School Brochures

Happening Now: Your To-Do-List

• SENIORS
• Straight Up? That Essay Ain’t Gonna
  Write Itself
• Major Concerns: Picking the Right Field
  of Study
• The One Web Tool that Could Save
  Your College Life

• JUNIORS
• More than College Rankings – Lisa Mader
• What Do You Want?! Get Specific about
  Your College Search
• The Heat is ON: Why Your Junior Year
  is So Pivotal

Money Matters

• Discussion: Dealing with Different Sibling Debt Levels
• All I Want for Christmas is Some Tuition Dough…
• Should Single Mom Blow Savings on Son’s College?

Team Talk

• Discussion: Help Your Student-Athlete Get Recruited
• Leisure Sports: A Fun Alternative to College Intramurals
  
• How Does D3 Translate to $$?
  

Campus Convo

• Discussion: “Smart Kid” Student IDs Outlawed
• Take these Green Living Tips to Campus
• Winter Kids Need Apply: How the Transfer Process Really Works
  

No Slackin': Get the Jump on Important Dates & Deadlines

Ask the Dean

Riding in Cars with Boys: How Will My Daughter Get Home from College?
I’m having a hard time accepting the idea of my daughter riding with a stranger—even a fellow student—who may be inexperienced driving long distances on major highways and in bad weather. Is ride sharing still a common practice?

Find out what the dean said…

Admit This

Can Personality Type Determine College Major?
The Meyers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator provides an almost limitless amount of enlightening data that will help you better understand yourself—and your choices as they pertain to college.

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