Posts by Andrew Belasco:

Look to the Liberal Arts

Posted on: 29 Jun 2025

Before we directly answer the question, “What is a liberal arts college?”, we begin with an analogy…Two cups of coffee sit before you: one bearing the insignia of a popular, multinational brand and the other, an unknown local brew. As a participant in a taste test, you are asked to sip both and then state […]

Boston College Supplemental Essays 2025-26 – Prompts and Advice

Posted on: 25 Jun 2025

Boston College’s 12.6% acceptance rate for the Class of 2029 is less than half of what it was just five years ago. Today, accepted students earn an average SAT score of 1500 and an average ACT score of 34. Additionally, you need an all-around stellar academic resume to get serious consideration at this highly selective […]

Beer, Research, and the Rockies: How to Get into Top Colleges from Fort Collins

Posted on: 23 Jun 2025

Fort Collins is one of those rare cities that reads like a college-admissions pitch almost by accident. Colorado State University anchors its intellectual life. Companies like Hewlett Packard, Intel, and AMD cluster around the campus. The Cache la Poudre River, Colorado’s only designated Wild and Scenic waterway, runs through town. And in historic Old Town, […]

Case Study: How One Fossil Ridge Student Used Fort Collins’ Brewing Culture to Earn Admission to Selective Colleges

Posted on: 20 Jun 2025

Families across Fort Collins and the northern Front Range know that selective college admissions grow more competitive each year. High-achieving students at schools like Fossil Ridge High School, Fort Collins High School, Rocky Mountain High School, and Poudre High School routinely graduate with strong GPAs, multiple AP courses, and full extracurricular schedules. Nevertheless, many of […]

How to Get Into Villanova: Acceptance Rate & Strategies

Posted on: 20 Jun 2025

Sometimes a college’s growing athletic prowess can catapult its popularity, enhance its academic reputation, and lead to an increase in selectivity. Such is the case with Villanova University, a private, Catholic institution located in the posh Main Line suburbs of Philadelphia. ‘Nova’s 1985 NCAA Men’s Basketball title propelled the once-regional institution into the national spotlight; […]

The Truth Behind Private Scholarships

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 […]

Atlanta’s Top High Schools: How They Really Compare for College Admissions

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. […]

How Competitive Is College Admissions for Dallas–Fort Worth Students in 2026?

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 […]