Posted on: 13 Jun 2022
Welcome to College Transitions’ review of the 2022 Ivy League acceptance rates and other highly-selective colleges and universities for the 2021-22 cycle (Class of 2026). As of this posting in June of 2022, there are still many schools who have yet to report their initial results. As such, you will see a number of “TBD” […]
Posted on: 13 Jun 2022
For just about every teen on Earth, the last 2+ years have not gone as anticipated. Starting in spring of 2020, your high school experience was impacted by the arrival of COVID. You lost out on after school activities, in-person learning, and proms. And of course, young people “only” dealing with losses of that nature […]
Posted on: 31 May 2022
The vast majority of American colleges have extensive “core curriculum” and “distributional requirements” that dictate what specific courses and/or general categories of courses all undergraduates must complete in order to graduate. Many schools require a scripted progression through core courses including foreign language, the humanities, math and science, the social science, etc. As such, students […]
Posted on: 30 May 2022
Headlines related to artificial intelligence (AI) are ubiquitous in 2021—automation displacing workers in industrial settings, self-driving cars on the cusp of taking over our roadways, and machines diagnosing diseases in patients with a higher rate of accuracy than even the best-trained physicians. Artificial intelligence is just as omnipresent in our daily experience whether it’s Netflix […]
Posted on: 13 May 2022
With an acceptance rate of just 9%, getting into West Point and officially becoming a United States Military Academy cadet is no easy task. After all, how many colleges require a nomination from a member of Congress? Those brave young men and women who aspire to navigate a supremely challenging admissions process do so in […]
Posted on: 11 May 2022
When parents and students evaluate and compare prospective colleges, one of the most massively important–but frequently overlooked–factors is the quality of the career services office. In the end, the professionals who provide individual career counseling, arrange internships, engage in corporate recruiting, and plan job fairs will play a big role in your teen’s postgraduate success. […]
Posted on: 04 May 2022
At many universities in the United States, the bulk of student research opportunities (and funding) go to graduate students. Yet, academic studies have repeatedly found that undergraduate research in college can be one of the most meaningful and informative experiences of one’s entire bachelor’s degree program. The list below highlights 33 colleges that are among […]
Posted on: 02 May 2022
Research has shown that participating in an internship while in college leads to better chances of finding a career within six months of earning your degree. Undergraduates who engage in one or more summer internships while in college gain employability skills, make industry connections, and sometimes even land a full-time job with the company where […]