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The Advantages of a College Consortium
What exactly is a college consortium and is it right for you? There are many advantages to choosing a college consortium. Allow us to explain ...Don’t Let a Magazine Choose Your College
There are many factors that you should consider when choosing the colleges and universities to send applications. Make sure the colleges on your list aren’t ...Outside Scholarships – what you need to know.
Frustrated trying to find outside scholarship money? What you need to know when searching for outside scholarships: Parents and students are often asking how and where to ...Admission Strategy #3: 5 Things You Did Not Know to Ask During Your College Visit
Admission Strategy #3: 5 Things You Did Not Know to Ask During Your College VisitPivoting to College Admissions: Follow Susan’s Journey
Pivoting to College Admissions: Follow Susan’s JourneyHit The Road
Visiting a college campus becomes an essential way for you to evaluate if a college is the right fit for you. Campus visits can identify ...Turning STEM into STEAM
A Case for the Arts in STEM Education Art and Technology: A Necessary Combination. The education field is crowded with writers and educators asking for the ...STEM Education at US Service Academies – volume one: US Military Academy at West Point
The United States Military Academy — West Point — is a four-year college dedicated to training officers in the US Army. You can read more ...How did the modern electric grid come to be?
Whenever The Stemwinder has some free time, the best use of that time is to read. When it is time for futuristic out of the ...Managing Expectations During The Final College Countdown
Let’s talk expectations. They may not be the first things that come to mind when you think college, but they have a lot to do with ...
Mentoring Programs for Women in STEM
Are you in awe of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie’s work in radioactivity? Do you aspire to be like the incredible women that the Hidden Figures movie is based on, who made a huge contribution to science and mathematics? If so, a STEM career may be perfect...
Robot Summer Camp for High School Students
Summer camp. For many, those words bring to mind rustic cabins, swimming in a small lake, hiking through the woods, and conquering obstacle courses. For others, it invokes the memories of soccer, football, or basketball games. Or maybe your summer camp was for music,...
Deferred? Be Patient But Don’t Be Quiet
So you arrived at the airport with plenty of time to spare. Got through security and hustled to the gate with your carry-on. And then you saw the sign – in bright shining yellow – saying DELAYED. And you waited. Rumors ran around the gate area: the plane was here. No,...
Curriculum requirements for Mechanical Engineering
Curriculum Requirements of a Mechanical Engineering Student Mechanical engineers work with machines and engines, from elevator technology to robotics. At a minimum, a mechanical engineering career requires a bachelor's degree. Though the mechanical engineering...
College Application Deadlines: Don’t be last minute
College application deadlines. Don’t wait. I remember the last time I asked to be served at a restaurant just minutes before it was closing. What a mistake. I should have known better. After the disappointing experience, I promised myself I would never do that again....
Women in STEM Majors and Careers
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math form the STEM college majors. STEM careers take off in many directions and provide many opportunities for a college student to develop their interests. And, importantly, these majors and careers are no longer a “boy’s...
Engineering for the “B” Student
There has been an explosion of engineering disciplines and subspecialties in the past fifty years. And because engineering and the creativity it requires is a team effort in many ways, there are careers for engineers of varying personal capability. Just as a...
Learn about physics and STEM majors by watching the Olympics
Are you looking at STEM colleges? Considering a career in science or engineering? Or are you just wondering how physics could apply to the so-called real world? All of these come together at the Olympics. Like many of you, The Stemwinder has been watching the Rio...
Demystifying the E in STEM
Our new guide to engineering majors helps you understand the similarities and differences between them and how to choose among different engineering majors and college programs. https://www.admissionsmarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/The-E-in-STEM.pdf The E in STEM...
Mathematics: pure vs. applied math
Can you be in STEM without math? Math is the foundation of all STEM education. There – that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. But my assertion really needs to be thought through, because it is not obvious that higher-level math is necessary for every STEM degree....