university Archives - College Initiative Helping families to successfully navigate the college admissions process Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:42:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://collegeinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-logoSQUARE-02-e1683223180849-32x32.png university Archives - College Initiative 32 32 Is a Public University Honors Program a Good Option? https://collegeinitiative.net/2018/10/06/is-a-public-university-honors-program-a-good-option/ Sat, 06 Oct 2018 18:07:42 +0000 http://collegeinitiative.net/?p=890 College honors programs have existed at some universities for seventy years. But, more have popped up in the past twenty years and now it would be hard to find a state flagship school or any large public university without its own honors college or honors program.  They are not created equally and they are not...

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]]> What Is a CTCL College? https://collegeinitiative.net/2018/09/07/what-is-a-ctcl-college/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:20:12 +0000 http://collegeinitiative.net/?p=724   Those of you that know me, know that I’m a fan of CTCL colleges.  But not everyone knows what that even means!  “CTCL” stands for “Colleges That Change Lives.”  The designation came from a book by that name, published by Loren Pope over twenty years ago.  His goal in writing the book was to...

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]]> Your Guide to Types of Higher Education https://collegeinitiative.net/2018/08/20/your-guide-to-types-of-higher-education/ Mon, 20 Aug 2018 20:31:39 +0000 http://collegeinitiative.net/?p=763 There are a variety of types of higher education after high school  in the United States.  You may wonder what the differences are.  Here’s a breakdown of some post-high school educational choices: Universities Often, the terms “university” and “college” are used interchangeably when referring to higher education.  Students in the US will usually say that...

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]]> A Word About Scholarships https://collegeinitiative.net/2018/04/05/a-word-about-scholarships/ Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:15:43 +0000 http://collegeinitiative.net/?p=506 So, your student is getting serious about their college list and you’re looking at your college savings and wondering how you’re going to be able to afford this?  It’s time for a word about scholarships –  from automatic scholarships to athletic ones. It’s likely that one of your very next thoughts after you see the...

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]]> How Much Does College Really Cost? https://collegeinitiative.net/2018/04/03/how-much-does-college-really-cost/ Tue, 03 Apr 2018 15:02:54 +0000 http://collegeinitiative.net/?p=85 When I started working with my older kids to find a good college fit for each of them, I was also very motivated by money…and how to not go into debt paying tuition.  I’m sorry to say we had not saved nearly enough in our 529 account.  We are not all that different from the...

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]]> Things I Have Learned Along the Way https://collegeinitiative.net/2017/12/04/things-i-have-learned-along-the-way/ Mon, 04 Dec 2017 21:43:15 +0000 http://collegeinitiative.net/?p=227 As we do the college search for the third time,  I’ve been thinking about all of the things I have learned after going through this launching process twice already.  In some cases, I find I am less worried about certain things as compared to when I was preparing with my first two kids because I...

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]]> Safeties, Reaches and Matches https://collegeinitiative.net/2017/11/17/safety-reach-and-matches-in-the-college-search/ Sat, 18 Nov 2017 00:50:58 +0000 http://collegeinitiative.net/?p=179 So, now you and your child have spent some time online searching for different colleges in a variety of ways, and they have some ideas about what schools they would like to go see, and have even visited a few.   There is that one school however, that they just LOVE, but where both their GPA...

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]]> The Journey to College Begins https://collegeinitiative.net/2017/11/02/journey-to-college-begins/ Thu, 02 Nov 2017 20:42:17 +0000 http://collegeinitiative.net//?p=1 This website comes after years of urging and encouragement from fellow parents whose children are on their journeys from high school to college.   When I began the college search with my oldest kids several years ago, I quickly realized two things: that there was a lot I didn’t know and that this was going to...

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