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Welcome to the Seventh edition of carnival of college admission! Huge thanks obviously to Mark Montgomery for creating this awesome collection of college admission tips.

Let's get on with the show...

Admission

Adam Epstein presents Happy Holidays from the Admissions Staff posted at Adamissions, saying, "No heavy lifting this time, just fun holiday greetings. :)" Thanks, Adam!

College Degrees presents 2009: Janet Napolitano and the H1B Visa Cap posted at The Degree People, saying, "If confirmed, Janet Napolitano’s nomination as Director of Homeland Security is likely to have a significant impact on the H1B visa process and possibly even be a significant factor in increasing the cap on these employment visas." 

College Life

I bet you've seen Credit Card vendors out on college campuses, promising free pizza for your signature.  Credit Card Assist helps you cut through fiction and get to the facts with What College Kids Might Not Know About Credit Cards posted at Credit Card Assist. 

Raymond reminds us that not all credit cards are evil, however, with his post Why College Students Should Apply For Student Credit Cards over at Money Blue Book. He even points out the best credit cards students SHOULD get!

Elizabeth Kudner from myUsearch (www.myusearch.com) presents a post from student blogger Pauline Diaz on the best holiday gifts for college-bound high school seniors.  You can find her Holiday Gifts for College-Bound Seniors posted at myUsearch blog.

Jessica Dye informs us that college students have switched magazine allegiances--a new survey shows that collegians' favorite periodical is now Time, finally replacing Cosmopolitan at the top of the list. She documents the whole story in College Students Ditch Trashy Mags posted at theprereq.com.

Financial Aid

Looking at Harvard as a potential dream school?  David Bonvie keeps you in the know with College Affordability, the Big Financial Aid Overhaul posted at Student Loan Help.  Learn what Harvard's Financial Aid Office is thinking early!

Ted Reimers covers the basics in his post Ways to get Free College Tuition featured at CampusGrotto. Scholarships, grants, and employee waivers are all covered in his Financial Aid 101-style post.

David Bonvie presents I Don’t Want To Pay For College posted at Student Loan Help. It's a great short guide to the "guerilla" style tactics students can employ while searching out money for school!

Academic Aid

And though it won't do you much good this year, I'd like to remind all parents about my recent post Five Tips for Surviving Academic Finals posted here at Omniac Attack.  Print it out and put it on your fridge for the end of next semester now!

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