Posted on: 14 Jan 2025
Once considered the “easiest” Ivy League school to gain admission into, Cornell today has a single-digit admit rate for freshman applicants. However, for anyone who wasn’t able to earn admission right out of high school, the university admits 800+ transfer applicants every year. Even more encouraging, acceptance rates for transfers at this university are roughly […]
Posted on: 12 Jan 2025
Columbia University is as hard to get into as Harvard, Stanford, or MIT directly out of high school. With a sub-4% acceptance rate for first-years, Columbia is an extremely selective institution. However, unlike those other schools, Columbia is a bit friendlier to transfer applicants. To quantify this, between 400 and 500 transfer applicants are typically […]
Posted on: 21 Nov 2024
Although virtual high schools gained more exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic, many have been around for decades, delivering highly structured, meaningful, and engaging instruction in a remote capacity. Whether you are looking for an alternative schooling arrangement that can accommodate intensive athletics, performing arts, or travel, a more rigorous environment than what your current school […]
Posted on: 20 Nov 2024
So, you’ve decided to take a gap year after high school. Now what? An internet search will reveal droves of possibilities, from international service learning to backcountry survival to language immersion. However, searching for gap year programs–all of which promise meaningful experiences and feature websites brimming with Instagram-worthy photos–can sometimes feel like browsing Facebook Marketplace […]
Posted on: 13 Aug 2024
There is a famous saying in baseball that you can’t win a pennant in April but you sure can lose one. This adage is equally applicable to high school freshmen and sophomores with regard to grades (GPA math is more fun when you start strong), yet it is also quite relevant when it comes to […]
Posted on: 09 Jul 2024
Given the geographic location of the original 13 Colonies, it’s not a shock that many of the nation’s oldest (and most prestigious colleges) are situated on the East Coast of the United States. From the Ivy Leagues to flagship state schools to elite liberal arts schools spread across New England, the Eastern Seaboard is teeming […]
Posted on: 08 Jul 2024
When identifying the Best Colleges in the South, it’s important to first define what we mean by “the South”? For this article, we will adhere to the South as defined by the United States Census Bureau. We understand that not everyone views Washington D.C. and Maryland as being as “Southern” as states located in the […]
Posted on: 08 Jul 2024
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 of the counterculture movement itself. By the 1970s, the University had a reputation for strong academics, but it was by no […]