How Many Extracurricular Activities Do I Need for College?
What is today referred to as Parkinson’s Law began as nothing more than a satirical line penned in the pages of a 1955 issue of The Economist, intended to poke fun at bureaucracies: “Work expands to fill the time available for its application.” In essence,…
Five Reasons to Consider Going to College in the U.K.
Even the brightest and most worldly college-bound American teens are not usually able to name more than a handful of universities in the United Kingdom. Sure, there’s Oxford, Cambridge, the London School of Economics and…well, the list dies off after that. Yet, there are close…
College Interview Tips
Through much of the college application process you are defined by your hard numbers—GPA, class rank, ACT or SAT score, number of rigorous courses taken, performance on Subject Tests, APs, and so on. The college interview presents an opportunity to show off your less tangible…
2019 Guide to Summer Programs for High School Students
In the 1990s, while the rest of society was busy squirting each other with Super Soakers, listening to the Gin Blossoms, and carving Nike swooshes into their hair, colleges suddenly realized, for the very first time, that their campuses were completely deserted during the summer….
Best Computer Science Programs
Unlike other high-prestige professions, many notable figures in the CS universe did not get where they are because of their college but rather through their own genius. Luminaries such as Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, and Steve Jobs all dropped out of college before…
Best Colleges for Finance and Wall Street
Aspiring Wall Street wolves, daydreaming about donning fancy suits and raking in massive annual bonuses from the confines of their high school guidance counselor’s office have many big decisions ahead of them. Among the most pressing issues are where to attend college and what major…
Best Colleges for Pre-Med Students
Over the past decade, our team at College Transitions has helped to guide hundreds of aspiring physicians toward undergraduate colleges and universities that will serve as ideal springboards into medical school. How (and in some cases where) you spend those four years will play a…
How to Transfer into an Elite College
Trying to calculate your chances of gaining acceptance into an elite college or university through the transfer admissions process is about as easy as handicapping a cat race. Unlike the regular admissions process, there is enough fluctuation in admission-related variables from year-to-year to make even…
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