Should I Take AP Computer Science Principles or AP Computer Science A?
The College Board debuted the AP Computer Science Principles course in 2016 and, by 2019, over 100,000 teens were sitting for exam each year. In further evidence of the course’s success, female test-takers increased 136%…
Gender in College Admissions – Do Men or Women have an Edge?
Countless mediocre-to-bad “comedic” films feature the storyline of a young man or woman posing as a member of the opposite sex in order to gain some level of competitive advantage. In Ladybugs (mediocre) to Juwanna Mann (bad),…
Is There a Private School Advantage in College Admissions?
Prior to the 1920s, attendance at a top-flight prep school was nothing less than a prerequisite for admission into an Ivy League college.
How to Get Into Swarthmore College: Admissions Data & Strategies
Swarthmore College is one of the most competitive liberal arts colleges in the country, in the same league with the likes of Williams, Amherst, and Pomona. While lesser-known to the general public than the Ivy…
How to Get Into Harvard: Admissions Data and Strategies
Outside of “Encourage your ultra-wealthy parents to donate a building” or “Be a heavily-recruited athlete who also happens to have an SAT score in the 99th percentile,” there is no meaningful succinct nugget of wisdom…
How to Request Letters of Recommendation for College
Let’s engage in mental exercise intended to do something quite strange—help you imagine your teachers as real human beings. Don’t worry—there’s a purpose to this! (Note: this is a non-pandemic scenario- we will address the…
How to Get Into Columbia: Admissions Data & Strategies
As far as accomplishments go, getting into to Columbia University in 2021-22 versus getting accepted into the NYC Ivy a generation ago are wholly incomparable. It would be like equating climbing Mt. Everest to meandering…
How to Get Into the U.S. Air Force Academy: Admissions Data & Strategies
Guided by the values of “Integrity First. Service Before Self. Excellence in All We Do,” the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is presently home to 4,307 undergraduate students who receive four years of education…
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