Posts by Dave Bergman:

5 Best Colleges in Iowa – 2024

Posted on: 15 May 2024

It feels wrong not to begin any examination of the collegiate landscape in Iowa with a perfunctory Field of Dreams reference, so let’s jump right in…If Ray Kinsella had heard his cornfield mysteriously whispering, “If you build it, he will come” and, instead of a baseball diamond, he decided to build an elite liberal arts […]

Best Colleges in Virginia – 2024

Posted on: 13 May 2024

Back in 1819, when former President Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia, Old Dominion was hardly a premier location for higher education. What a difference a couple of hundred years makes… The following list of the 9 best colleges in Virginia is meant to give you a sense of the bevy of wonderful higher […]

Best Private Schools in Oklahoma City (OKC) – 2024

Posted on: 13 May 2024

If you’re an Oklahoma City-based parent searching for the best-fit private schools for your child or teen, you’ll first want to know which schools have reputations that rise above all others in the region. No matter the current age of your student, you are likely interested in the college preparation and counseling offered by each prospective […]

Colleges Transitions Names 200 Schools “Worth Your Money” for 2025

Posted on: 11 May 2024

College Transitions is one of the most reliable online sources for higher education data and admissions advice with over 10 million annual readers. We are also the authors of two popular college guidebooks, The Enlightened College Applicant, now in its 2nd edition and Colleges Worth Your Money, now in its 5th edition. Our organization firmly believes […]

Best Private Schools in Jacksonville, FL – 2024

Posted on: 25 Apr 2024

As parents, there are a multitude of considerations guiding your decision of which Jacksonville-Area high school will be best for your child. Ultimately, your final selection will need to balance your teen’s academic, emotional, and social needs with financial and logistical considerations. Are you looking for a boarding school or day school? Are you looking […]

The 30 Hardest Colleges to Get Into in 2024

Posted on: 08 Apr 2024

As we enter the 2024-25 cycle, the American college admissions process continues to be insanely competitive at the very top. Schools that are considered “elite” and “prestigious” are attracting more applicants than ever before. Test-optional policies enacted by many colleges at the start of the pandemic have caused tens of thousands of new applicants to […]

The Best UC Schools Ranked – 2024

Posted on: 05 Apr 2024

In 2024, college-bound California residents are at once the luckiest and unluckiest students in the world. On one hand, the vast array of world-class public universities at a bargain price is unmatched anywhere else in the country. However, such exceptional institutions at a bargain price have, not surprisingly, attracted a deluge of applicants in recent […]

25 Best Boarding Schools in the US – 2024 Edition

Posted on: 27 Feb 2024

If you are considering spending grades 9-12 at a boarding school, then you are about to make a financial investment every bit as sizable as the cost of tuition and living expenses at a private college. Fortunately for you, in 2024, there is no shortage of excellent boarding schools in the US. Some even date […]