How to Apply for ACT and SAT Accommodations
Every year, more than 160,000 high school students apply to receive accommodations on the SAT; more than 85% of those requests are granted. Even with the high odds of approval, navigating the application process can…
How to Find College Scholarships
For both parents and teens alike, the quest for scholarship money can feel quite similar to pouring water into a sandcastle’s moat. You frantically fill out applications to every national and local scholarship available, composing…
How to Get Into UC Berkeley: Admissions Data and Strategies
The University of California – Berkeley’s reputation as a haven for young liberals grew in the 1960s as it became the epicenter of protests over the Vietnam War and, in many ways, the very center…
Do I Need a Resume for My College Applications?
If you are a teenage prodigy who spent your spare time in high school interning at a cancer research laboratory and founding a charitable organization which distributes prescription glasses in Zimbabwe, then being asked to…
Do Colleges Verify Information in Applications?
In the adult world, it is fairly common, almost expected, for one’s resume to exaggerate their past achievements. In fact, a recent study found that 85% of people lie on their resumes in one form…
How to Get Into UC-San Diego: Admissions Data and Strategies
Berkeley and UCLA used to be the two clear-cut crown jewels of the University of California system. While that remains the case in 2021, many other branch campuses have become highly-selective universities in their own…
Colleges with the Best Jewish Life
For many college-bound seniors, the prospect of leaving home for the first time is a source of both excitement and unrest. Flying the nest can induce more of the latter emotion for those who’ve grown…
Geographic Diversity and College Admissions
Cruise around on any highly-selective college’s website and you are likely to find a statement about the freshman class being comprised of students from “all 50 U.S. states and X number of countries.” If the…
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