Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Raiders end their season on a high note
North Brunswick knocks off cross-town rival on Thanksgiving Eve BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer BY DOUG McKENZIEStaff Writer PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above, North Brunswick’s Aaron Jackson finds some running room against the South Brunswick defense during the Raiders’ 9-6 win on Thanksgiving Eve. At right, the Raiders’ Mark Boswell cuts a punt return…
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4-year colleges sound off on the admissions process
As more students apply to college, admissions has become cutthroat BY JENNIFER DOME Staff writer High school students spend a lot of time researching colleges — they send away for pamphlets, search the Internet, and go on campus visits. While colleges must do their best to sell themselves to students, students are also faced with…
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Supply and demand driving admissions
In the tradition of the SAT, we ask our readers to answer this multiple-choice question: Trying to summarize your life’s story on a few sheets of paper and distinguish it from a stack of 40,000 others is: A) frightening; B) one of the most important tasks in a teen’s life; C) the act of filling…
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Community colleges becoming increasingly popular choice
2-year programs gaining respect as gateway to 4-year schools BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer FILEPHOTO Middlesex County College, Edison As college-application deadlines loom, many New Jersey high school seniors will visit four-year schools, send out expensive applications and scramble to write that perfect college essay — but many others will not.…
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Tests, costs, applications weigh on mind of senior
Teen is aware that colleges want good grades, scores, activities BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Christie Piemonte, 17, rehearses with the South Brunswick High School marching band. Christie, a senior, also performs in the winter guard and plays softball. With growing enrollment and rising tuition costs, the chances…
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Junior year plays key role in admissions process
Advisers: Goals should be clubs, community service and good grades BY ADAM RIBACK Correspondent BY ADAM RIBACKCorrespondent Junior year in high school is the most important year to rack up the points for extracurricular activities, community service and acceptable grades, according to Helene Unger, an educational consultant from Manalapan. Junior year is the year to…
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Former mayor defends freeholder’s record
Reading some of the comments in the various newspapers about Freehold Director David B. Crabiel, I would like to make a few comments regarding his good name. I have been disturbed by negative ones. Dave always acts in a responsible, accommodating and proper manner. It seems there are individuals who would do anything to hurt…
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Thank your freeholders for the quality of life in Middlesex County
I am tired of reading things about Middlesex County government and the Board of Chosen Freeholders in the newspaper stories about the man who pleaded guilty to fraud. There are many reasons why my neighbors and I are lucky to have a county government that really works and that makes living and working here a…
