By : Stuart White Here is what my daughter did in high school and she didn’t get into Harvard Never got a B. Got all As from middle...

Written By: Duraideivamani Sankararajan The way that the digital SAT works will make it feel harder. Many of these digital tests use...

Written By: Zak Slayback UPENN Alum I am going to offer a pretty blunt explanation of admission to elite schools. It's all about the...

Some of the things considered red flags in essays are: Essays that seemed to blame others for the applicant’s struggles or mistakes...

Well, it is difficult to say with this information alone. Most competitive public/private schools have a formula that normalizes your...

Your high school’s reputation is one of the many factors that college admissions look for. And often times I think parents and students...

Fifty years ago there weren’t any “useless” degrees. For example, An individual graduated with a BA in Philosophy, answered a newspaper...

The surprise announcement last week that Sweet Briar College will close at the end of the academic year caught many of its current...

For-profit colleges have faced federal and state investigations in recent years for their aggressive recruiting tactics — accusations...

You should NEVER apply to the following universities: For-profit schools - these types of colleges don’t care whether or not you graduate...

As is often the case, it depends. There are 35,000 US high schools but only ~15,000 Freshmen in the Ivy League. Less than 10% of...

Best high school study habits that brought many study to the reality of acceptance into a selective college. One thing that you will find...

55% of students submitted scores at top 25 Universities (That allowed test-optional)—which is marginally the majority. I know for a fact...

Top 25 universities in the United States use what we call an "academic index" in order to measure an application's strength purely based...

It’s obvious you’re very narrowly focusing on academics. As I said in the comments: there are over 37000 high schools in the United...

The first thing you should do as a high school freshman is to make learning & good grades a priority. You’ll need to spend 80% less time...

I was a high school math teacher for 18 years (Geometry and Algebra 2) and my theory is that it’s hard for people because they learned it...

What are the primary rules for an application(College) essay? Before you can ace the Ivy League application essay, you must first...

DO 1. TOP colleges want grades, grades and more grades. Get close to all As since most colleges are test optional so high grades are a...

After years of studying black male athletes, Shaun R. Harper has learned a frustrating lesson -- the inequity among these men in the...