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Overachiever Gets Jail for Stealing Tests, Hacking Faculty's Computers
By Tori Richards - AOL NewsSANTA ANA, Calif. -- A former high school student seeking admission to top-tier colleges will spend 30 days in jail for a series of school break-ins to steal tests, alter his grades and place spyware on administrators' computers to learn passwords. Omar Shahid Khan, 21, was charged with 69 felonies and faced a maximum of 38 years in prison, but on Monday a superior court judge allowed Khan to plead guilty to five counts. In addition to jail time, he will perform 500 hours of community service and pay $14,900 in restitution to Tesoro High School, located in a wealthy unincorporated area of ...
Inner-City School Sending Entire Senior Class to College -- Again [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsThe fat acceptance envelopes keep arriving for students at Chicago's Urban Prep charter school. For the second year in a row, the entire graduating class has been accepted at a four-year college. The senior class of 104 young men has been admitted to 103 colleges or universities so far, and the high school is hoping for at least one invitation to an Ivy League school. Urban Prep Academy is the nation's first all-male public charter high school. It is composed entirely of African-American students. The students at the school's Englewood campus were presented with striped ties Wednesday to ...
SAT Scores Released; Students Flock to Twitter
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsSAT scores used to come in an envelope and were often opened, rather ceremoniously, in front of anxious parents. Now the ritual has changed: Scores are released online. And since students are already in front of the computer when they get their scores, well, it just makes sense for them to hop over to Twitter and share their pain, joy and confusion. This being the day that the nation's high schoolers learned their much-anticipated scores, Surge Desk decided to check out the mood of America's youth in the microblogging universe. For one girl, good SAT scores don't just mean potential ...
Are We Our Children's Editors? How Much 'Help' Do Parents Provide College Applicants?
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyPeople say we experience more stress around the holidays, but a significant segment of the population is undergoing an extra level of anxiety between now and the end of the year that is unrelated to the yuletide season. For many middle-life people, the most stressful stage of the parenting experience comes when their darlings apply to one or more of thousands of American colleges and universities. For many institutions of higher learning, the deadline to submit applications for next fall's freshman class is Jan 1. The life-stage ritual set to an admission's calendar is as significant for ...
Opinion: A Criminal Oversight in College Background Checks
By Mark Grabowski - AOL News(July 13) -- Posting a scandalous photo on Facebook could get you rejected from the college of your choice. But there's a good chance a rape conviction won't. Only 4 percent of colleges conduct criminal background checks on students, and 36 percent of schools don't even require self-disclosure of crimes, according to a new survey by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. In contrast, 26 percent of admissions offices use search engines to research applicants, and 21 percent use social networking sites, a 2007 study found. Admissions officers claim they ...
And the Envelope, Please: Surviving the College Application Process
By Joann M. Weiner - Politics DailyThe end is near. That is the refrain chanted in some 3 million homes with high school seniors across the country, mine included, as they wait to learn which college will be lucky enough to accept them as freshmen. Over the next two weeks, America's colleges and universities will be sending out thick envelopes to students whom they welcome to the class of 2014 and thin envelopes to those they understand to be highly qualified but for whom this university is just not the right place. ...
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