PRINCETON REVIEW LAUNCHES NEW BLOG FOR PRE-COLLEGE STUDENTS:
“IN – YOUR GUIDE TO COLLEGE ADMISSIONS”
NEW YORK – March 9, 2011 – The Princeton Review, which has been helping high school students take admission tests for, apply to and get in to colleges for nearly 30 years, has created an informative new resource for today’s college-bound teens: a lively, content-rich blog titled “IN—Your Guide to College Admissions.”
Accessible at http://in.princetonreview.com/, the “IN” blog is updated multiple times daily and reports on dozens of issues central to a high school student’s college research, application and admission experiences. From insider feedback on SAT/ACT tests to tips for getting the best financial aid to up-to-the-minute news in higher education, the posts served up on “IN” are designed to keep high school students continually informed about the admission process and the college scene. Above all, “IN” aims to help teens be savvy college shoppers and successful applicants. College counselors, advisors and parents of applicants will also find the posts on “IN” useful.
Primarily focused on current news and practical advice, “IN” also serves as a “look it up” resource. Posts are archived two ways: by month and in categories. Among them: Careers, College Info, College Life, Cost of College, Financial Aid, and Starting College in High School. Posts with basic information useful year-long (e.g. “Getting In: Your Junior Year Plan”) are tagged as “resources” and featured in links in a sidebar.
At “IN” readers can find:
- Test-prep tips and strategies used in Princeton Review courses
- Updates and analyses of recent SAT and ACT exams
- Exclusive interviews with college experts: admission officers, counselors and financial aid advisors
- Suggestions of “best-fit” colleges for various interests/majors
- College application reminders: admission timelines and deadline reminders
- Links to news articles about college and admission issues as they happen
- Feedback from teens about their application experiences
- “College of the Week” profiles
- Application stress-reducers: fun facts, humor and college trivia
Users can subscribe to the “IN” via an RSS feed and catch “IN” post headlines via The Princeton Review’s Facebook account (http://www.facebook.com/ThePrincetonReview?v=app_10467688569) and Twitter account (http://twitter.com/theprincetonrev). Users can email their comments, ideas, suggestions or feedback to INblog@review.com.
Said Andrew Brody, Princeton Review’s Vice President, Content Development, “For years, students have looked to The Princeton Review to be their trusted guide when it comes to higher education. With our “IN” blog we’re able to share our expertise in admissions and test prep and our college knowledge in a format that offers dynamic flexibility and interactivity.”
Brody noted that the Princeton Review “IN” writers and editors draw on a constantly growing library of information and input the Company gathers each day. The Princeton Review annually collects data on more than 1,500 colleges for its guidebook and website profiles and continually gets feedback from teens taking its classroom and online courses.”
Said Michael Palumbo, “IN”‘s lead editor, “Beyond our rich supplies of college-related data, we have the unique opportunity to draw on fascinating findings from our on-going surveys of college applicants, parents of applicants, college students and college administrators. There is no end to the repository of topical and timely information we plan to share with our readers on ‘IN.'”