The Compass Academics Blog

Our blog is designed to educate and inform students and their parents in all subjects related to college planning.

Students for Sale

Students for Sale

How much are applicants worth? In the world of Big Data and ever-increasing competition, universities are target-marketing to potential students like never before. What used to be a seasonal outreach program to students who generally fit a profile, has now become a...

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Degrees of Debt

Degrees of Debt

How much should college cost? Recently, Reddit posted an excellent thread in their Life Pro Tips forum. For those of you unfamiliar with Reddit, it is known as the “Front Page of the Internet” and is essentially a site that aggregates web content, news, and...

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ACT, SAT, or Both?

Which college admissions test should you take? It is that time of the year when rising Seniors are considering taking their college placement tests at least one more time before they submit their college applications.  If they did not do as well as they had hoped...

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