College

In the New York times there is an article discussing the difficulties teenagers face when applying to colleges. Kids today are apllying to more than double the amount of colleges that their parents applied to. Many students desperately want to be accepted to "brand name" colleges, such as NYU or UCLA. These students feel that their chances of getting ito these colleges is very thin, so they apply to multiple ones. Not only is this application process giving the students more stress, but it is also hurting them financially. If a student applies to 20 colleges, and the applications are $50 a piece, that is $1000 dollars gone, which they could have put towards their education. Also, there are some private schools who are adding a new rule to their students application process. If they apply to more than a certain number of colleges, then they have to pay a specified fee for each additional application sent. Each individual stident will have to decide how many colleges are too many.

The first college in the United States is Harvard University. Harvard was founded on september 8, 1636 by the massachusetts Bay Colony. It didn't obtain the name Harvard college until 1639. Up until then it had simply been known as New College. The educational instititution was changed from a college to a university in 1780. Today, Harvard is considered one of the most prestigious schools in America, along with other schools such as yale and Columbia.