Kaeli Nieves-Whitmore

Kaeli Nieves-Whitmore is a content and research specialist at College Raptor. She has been writing and blogging for over a decade, both personally and professionally. As a non-traditional student, Kaeli brings a fresh perspective to College Raptor.
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The 25 Best Research Universities – 2016 University Rankings

By Kaeli Nieves-WhitmoreLast updated on December 22, 2022
Research universities do much of the nation’s most important research and development for a wide array of areas. From developing new pharmaceuticals and nanotechnology to helping us understand the origin of our species and our universe. Not all students at these colleges will study science–or do research–but, research universities, in general, tend to share common …
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The 25 Best Liberal Arts Colleges – 2016 University Rankings

By Kaeli Nieves-WhitmoreLast updated on December 22, 2022
Liberal arts colleges offer some of the most unique experiences for students. These schools often emphasize well-rounded educations in a diverse range of topics (although not without direction, as most liberal arts schools offer many of the same undergraduate majors found at research universities). They’re also incredibly unique in and of themselves. Liberal arts colleges …
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The 25 Best College Rankings 2016 in the Southeast

By Kaeli Nieves-WhitmoreLast updated on December 22, 2022
Steeped in much tradition, the Southeast is a place of diverse culture and history. And, so, too, are the colleges in this region. From the massive public universities that comprise the SEC and its storied sports sagas to new and cutting-edge liberal arts colleges with emphasis on science and discovery–there are great schools all around …
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The 25 Best Colleges in the Southwest – 2016 University Rankings

By Kaeli Nieves-WhitmoreLast updated on December 22, 2022
The Southwest is an incredibly diverse region of the U.S., featuring arid deserts, rolling plains, and also mountainous forests. Much the same, the colleges from this area are also diverse–from giant state universities that stand for educational excellence to small, private liberal arts colleges. We analyzed hundreds of colleges in the region based on various measures, …
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How Your Spotify Playlist Can Help You Ace Your Next Test

By Kaeli Nieves-WhitmoreLast updated on December 22, 2022
A student’s backpack generally includes things like highlighters, pens, books, paper, a laptop, a water bottle, snacks of some kind, and their headphones. These things are all supposed to help create an environment to maximize memorization and concentration. Clearly things like paper, pens and a laptop are necessities for studying. Even snacks and water are …
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13 of The Weirdest College Traditions

By Kaeli Nieves-WhitmoreLast updated on December 22, 2022
There are strange things happening at college campuses across the country. Students are nailing their shoes to trees, howling at the moon, and kissing statue’s bums with no one giving these weird pastimes a second thought. From the outside looking in, there is no way to explain these odd acts. But, college traditions are a …

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