An insider review of a freshman student from Stanford, taking another look at it.

Summer before senior year is a good time to start laying the foundation for college applications.

If you will look up the term admissions process in the dictionary you'd find a picture of a slug stuck in molasses.

A Filipino-Chinese student from Zamboanga City took home a gold medal in the 2009 International Regions Mathematics competition held in the United States recently, with the Philippine team placing third overall among 16 teams from different countries.

This is made possible by Abot Tanaw, a free social networking system which seeks to provide free video teleconferencing for the eight million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) abroad and their dependents in the Philippines.

Six senior students from Quezon City Science High School received two silver medals for the Philippines at the 2009 International Sustainable World Energy, Engineering, and Environment Project (I-SWEEEP) Olympiad in Houston, Texas.

The test is based on each college's audited financial statement, and examines factors such as net worth, operating losses, and the school's assets to liabilities ratio.

Philippines classes in public and private colleges and universities throughout the country will start on June 15 and not June 8 as originally scheduled.

The latest trend in the college admission process is the use of online interviews for prospective applicants.

If the presidential elections were held today, five contenders will have a tight race for the post as they would garner about the same percentages of Filipino votes.

President Lauds Energy Progress

Kuwait's state news agency is reporting that several US soldiers passing through the country have been infected with swine flu.

If you're applying to college in the fall, now would be a good time to google yourself. While you're at it, take a close look at your FaceBook and Myspace pages. And, think carefully before posting identifying comments about yourself on that Internet college discussion forum.

Many were not properly informed about financing online education. That is good to know that there are financial aid for that.

Here are 10 financial aid resources that students and parents should check out now, when they're still finalizing their college list.