WHEN RESEARCHING SCHOOLS, CHECK OUT THE COLLEGE'S BLOGS

As you begin to apply to colleges, keep a finger on the pulse of admissions at your top schools by checking out these college admissions blogs. Check out each of the school's blog below.

These blogs can provide you a little more insight on the information you may be looking for, not to mention something about the college process through posts on the website for the blog.

The plus side of these blogs is that the current students often offer their input, giving you an in-depth look at the school from a student's perspective.




Amherst https://www.amherst.edu/admission/mttg/student_blogs

Bates http://www.bates.edu/bateslife.xml

Brandeis http://www.brandeis.edu/admissions/blog/

Brown http://blogs.brown.edu/admissions/

California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech) http://www.caltech.typepad.com/

Carleton http://apps.carleton.edu/admissions/blogs/

Carnegie Mellon http://www.enrollment.cmu.edu/admission/blogs/

Case http://blog.case.edu/admission/

Claremont McKenna (remember there are 5 schools in the Pomona College line up)
http://cmc.edu/admission/blogs1.php

Connecticut College http://outoftheblue.conncoll.edu/2011-spring-p.html

Cornell http://blogs.cornell.edu/admissions/

Dartmouth http://dartmouthperspectives.blogspot.com/

Davidson http://forum.davidson.edu/explore/

Emory http://www.emory.edu/admission/about_emory/student_and_faculty_blogs.html

Grinnell http://www.grinnell.edu/admission/voices

Hamilton http://www.hamilton.edu/journals

Harvey Mudd http://www.hmc.edu/admission1/whymudd1/community.html

Haverford http://www.haverford.edu/admission/blog-profiles.php

Holy Cross http://admissions.me.holycross.edu/

Johns Hopkins http://blogs.hopkins-interactive.com/

Julliard http://blog.juilliard.edu/

Lafayette http://voices.lafayette.edu/

Lehigh http://lehighadmissions1.blogspot.com/

Middlebury http://blogs.middlebury.edu/seniorfellows/

MIT http://www.mitadmissions.org/blogs.shtml

Northeastern http://www.northeastern.edu/admissions/campuslife/studentblogs.html

NYU http://blogs.nyu.edu/admissions/ambassadors/

Pitzer http://www.admission-unpeeled.blogspot.com/

Princeton http://blogs.princeton.edu/paw/2011/02/early_admission.html

Rhode Island School of Design http://welcome.risd.edu/

Rhodes http://connect.rhodes.edu/blog/admissions-office/

Rice http://admission.blogs.rice.edu/

Sarah Lawrence http://www.slc.edu/magazine/hardway/index.html

Smith http://www.smith.edu/admission/blog/prod/

Southern Methodist http://www.smu.edu/Admission/ConnectWithUs.aspx

Stanford http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idnUskNdBSU

Swarthmore http://www.swarthmore.edu/x15365.xml

Tufts http://tuftsblogs.com/freshmanperspective/

UCLA http://blog.admissions.ucla.edu/

UNC http://unc-admissions.blogspot.com/

University of Chicago https://blogs.uchicago.edu/collegeadmissions/

University of Colorado http://admissions.colorado.edu/undergraduate/blogs/heatherk

University of Oregon http://music.uoregon.edu/admission/welcome.htm

University of Southern California http://dornsife.usc.edu/admission-blog-home/

UVA http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/

UVM http://adms.blog.uvm.edu/

Vanderbilt http://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/vandybloggers/

Vassar http://blogs.vassar.edu/admissions/

Wake Forest http://rethinkingadmissions.blogs.wfu.edu/

Wellesley http://web.wellesley.edu/web/Admission/GetToKnowUs/studentblogs.psml

Wesleyan http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/

William and Mary http://www.wm.edu/blogs/index.php