Posted on: 30 Jul 2025
Of the eight Ivy League schools, Dartmouth receives the fewest number of applications. There were 28,230 hopefuls for the Class of 2029, around half the number at Columbia or Harvard. Applications also decreased slightly during the 2024-25 cycle, resulting in a slightly friendlier but still uber-competitive 6% acceptance rate (up from 5.3% the previous year). […]
Posted on: 30 Jul 2025
Depending on your circumstances, the five allotted entries in the Honors section of the Common Application can look like anything from a frighteningly vast and boundless ocean to a maddeningly constrictive kiddie pool. “Normal” high schoolers, those without any prestigious national awards to their names, sometimes feel inadequacy at the prospect of leaving the section […]
Posted on: 30 Jul 2025
Pepperdine University is a rare institution that is ranked by U.S. News as a top 100 school while also having an acceptance rate of just under 63% last year. This private Christian university, located in gorgeous Malibu, is home to 3,500 undergraduate students. If you’re dreaming of joining them in the fall of 2026, this […]
Posted on: 29 Jul 2025
Oh, to be alive in 1998…we watched with childlike naiveté as Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa launched home run after home run assisted by their “totally natural” superhero muscles, the dotcom bubble continued to balloon every time a new domain was registered, and Andrew Johnson was still the lone president ever to have been impeached. […]
Posted on: 28 Jul 2025
Yale’s acceptance rate of 4.6% for the Class of 2029 is not the type of number you want to simply glide past as you proceed through the application with blind optimism. It is not our intention to inject unnecessary anxiety and fear into the highly selective admissions process (you likely already have plenty of sources […]
Posted on: 26 Jul 2025
Wesleyan University is a top 20 liberal arts school that has never been afraid to do things their way. Situated in Middletown, Connecticut, Wesleyan is slightly larger than many of its peers with 2,800+ undergraduates. It also places a great deal of emphasis on intellectual exploration, creativity, and interdisciplinary learning, making it a top-choice college […]
Posted on: 25 Jul 2025
Applicants to the Brown Class of 2029 were greeted with a 5.6% acceptance rate, similar to the year prior. Given that 19 of every 20 applicants are turned away–even many valedictorians with perfect test scores–aspiring Brown undergrads need to find a way to stand out from a pack of similarly credentialed teens. Fortunately, Brown provides […]
Posted on: 23 Jul 2025
Santa Clara University is a mid-sized, private Jesuit institution in California that caters to around 5,900 undergraduate students. Unsurprisingly, given its location, SCU is known for having one of the most beautiful campuses in the country. Fortunately, the academic strength of the school is also quite strong. In particular, the Leavey School of Business is […]