Posted on: 19 Jun 2025
In the early 1970s, the U.S. auto industry received warnings from economic experts—if they continued on their current path, Japanese car companies would soon put them out of business. Detroit’s Big 3 of GM, Ford, and Chrysler were told that if they remained attached to producing oversized, inefficient American-style models, they would soon be surpassed […]
Posted on: 18 Jun 2025
In the 1980s and ‘90s, the University of Miami was a football powerhouse, albeit one with its fair share of controversy. In the 2020s, the school has more to brag about on the academic front than on the gridiron. Now attracting over 53,000 applications and sporting an acceptance rate of just 19% (and dropping), U […]
Posted on: 16 Jun 2025
If you’re raising a college bound student in the greater Atlanta metro area, Fulton, Cobb, DeKalb, and beyond, you quickly learn there is no shortage of excellent high schools. In fact, the challenge is not finding a good school. It is distinguishing among many high achieving, nationally ranked institutions that look equally strong on paper. […]
Posted on: 10 Jun 2025
A clear-eyed look at why the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex is quietly becoming one of the most challenging admissions environments in the country and how families can navigate it successfully. If you’re raising a college-bound student in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, you’ve probably felt it: the pressure, the intensity, and the sense that everyone around you […]
Posted on: 07 Jun 2025
If you’re raising a college-bound student in the Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill area, you already know: The Triangle is overflowing with exceptional high schools—public, charter, magnet, and independent. From nationally ranked public flagships like Green Hope and East Chapel Hill, to specialized academies like NCSSM and Raleigh Charter, to independent standouts like Durham Academy, Cary Academy, Ravenscroft, […]
Posted on: 07 Jun 2025
Families in the Hampton Roads region: Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, York County, and surrounding communities, have access to an impressive mix of high-performing public and private high schools. From nationally recognized independent schools to rigorous suburban public campuses, the options are strong. But as with any competitive region, strong doesn’t mean strategically equal when it […]
Posted on: 04 Jun 2025
This young and exciting field of study delves into the human nervous system and how it impacts all forms of thinking and behavior. Interdisciplinary in nature, this field incorporates aspects of biology, chemistry, linguistics, philosophy, and more. Quite often, this is a major selected by students who plan on continuing their education beyond the undergraduate […]
Posted on: 04 Jun 2025
The notion of a holistic application process that includes work samples or a full-blown portfolio has long been common practice in schools of architecture, the visual arts, and music. On the other hand, the STEM fields have traditionally stuck to the “meat and potatoes” of the application, selecting applicants mainly on the basis of high […]