A year ago, hardly anybody knew the term MOOC or “Massive Open Online Course.” But the Internet-based courses offered by elite universities through Coursera, by a consortium led by Harvard and MIT called edX, and by others, are proving wildly popular, with some classes attracting hundreds of thousands of students. In a field known for being slow to change, MOOCs have made a huge impact in higher education, and universities are racing for a piece of the action. San Jose State

The school counselor recommendation is one of the most important and overlooked portions of the college admissions process. The Common Application has added two options for school counselors to decline sending an evaluation for students: “I do not have sufficient personal knowledge of this student.”
 and “The demands of my counseling load do not afford me sufficient time.” Your counselor helps admissions officers see you from a different academic perspective, outside of an i