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NEWSWEEK Excerpt: Newsweek/Kaplan 'How to Get Into College' Guide
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Hottest for Sports Fans University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. Hottest for No SAT or ACT Needed Bates College, Lewiston, Maine Hottest for Science and Engineering California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. Hottest Liberal Arts School You Never Heard Of Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, La. Hottest for Rejecting You Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Hottest Catholic School Fordham University, New York, N.Y. Hottest for Election Year Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, Calif. Hottest for Free Tuition Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, N.Y. Hottest Mega-University University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. Hottest Big City-School Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Hottest for Pre-Meds Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. Hottest for Saving America's Schools University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas Hottest Big State School University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wis. Hottest for International Studies University of Richmond, Richmond, Va. Hottest for Business Babson College, Babson Park, Mass. Hottest on the Rebound Tulane University, New Orleans, La. Hottest in the War on Terror New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, N.M. Hottest Music School Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N.Y. Also in the excerpt: — National Correspondent Daniel McGinn reports on how schools are making efforts to improve mental-health services in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre. Schools such as the MIT, which once had high suicide rates among students, have implemented better networks for mental-health staff, increased the number of counseling appointments available and reduced the wait time to see a counselor. MIT's Center for Health Promotion and Wellness also acts as a sort of recruiting service for the counseling office, sending health educators into dorms to speak with students about topics such as time management, eating disorders and sleep habits-but they also emphasize that it's perfectly normal to seek counseling. — Los Angeles Bureau Chief Andrew Murr explains what students and parents should look for when considering the safety of a school. Almost every college says it has revamped security since Virginia Tech, but it isn't easy to find out exactly how. A good place to find out how a school's security staff is prepared to handle an emergency is the campus police department. The presence of at least some armed officers can be crucial in an emergency. Speaking with students is another great way to learn how well the campus force responds to calls. — Correspondent Anne Underwood reports on the major steps colleges and their students are taking to go green. In June, 284 university presidents representing some of the nation's most influential schools announced an agreement pledging to make their campuses "carbon neutral." The message was clear. "We're saying that sustainability is no longer an elective," says Cornell president David Skorton. Students in some schools have created contests and events that highlight the benefits of being environmentally conscious, while others have gone as far as voting for increases in their activities fees to help finance green initiatives. (Read excerpt at www.Newsweek.com) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20228437/site/newsweek/
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