Posts by Dave Bergman:

UVA Press Release – Colleges Worth Your Money

Posted on: 23 Feb 2021

The University of Virginia issued a press release to celebrate their inclusion in College Transitions’ new guidebook Colleges Worth Your Money as well as their being named Money Magazine‘s second-best-value public university. We are pleased to continue to recommend UVA as being one of the nation’s top higher education bargains in our forthcoming 2022 edition […]

CWYM and TECA Named to Best College Books List

Posted on: 15 Feb 2021

We were honored to have both of our books—The Enlightened College Applicant and Colleges Worth Your Money included on Road2College’s list of The Best College Guidebooks. The Road2College staff cited Colleges Worth Your Money as helping students to think “ten steps ahead” in the admissions process and praised The Enlightened College Applicant as successfully combining “humor […]

10 Best Colleges with Automatic/Guaranteed Admissions

Posted on: 10 Feb 2021

For many teens, the college admissions process has become one of the most stress-inducing experiences of their young lives. For some, the rewards are worth the sacrifice of applying to a dozen of schools, composing countless supplemental essays, and retaking the SATs over and over, hoping that their Superscore will put them over the top. […]

Top English-Speaking Bachelor’s Degree Programs in the EU

Posted on: 29 Jan 2021

If you are an American student interested in pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Europe, one of the natural first questions might be: What language will my professors speak? Of course, if you are considering studying in the U.K. & Ireland where 97% of the population speaks English, you have nothing to worry about. As such, […]

Class of 2025 – Ivy League & Elite College Early Decision Acceptance Rates

Posted on: 25 Jan 2021

Welcome to College Transitions’ first look at early round acceptance rates at Ivy League and other highly-selective colleges and universities for the 2020-21 cycle. As of this posting in January of 2021, there are still many schools who have yet to report their early round results. As such, you will see a number of “TBD” […]

Out-of-State versus In-State Acceptance Rates at Top Public Universities

Posted on: 20 Jan 2021

It is unsurprising that the top public universities in the United States annually draw massive numbers of residents who seek a quality education close to home at a low (relative to the market) tuition figure. Yet, the magnetic pull of many of these schools has a radius that extends well beyond their home state. Each […]

Should I Submit My SATs or ACTs to Colleges in 2020-21?

Posted on: 04 Sep 2020

The notion of test-optional admissions was born in 1969, in the coastal town of Brunswick, Maine. There, the newly-minted, fresh-faced Dean of Bowdoin College, Roger Howell Jr., all of 33 years old, made a bold decision—he would eliminate the SAT as an admissions requirement for his school. Howell explained in his inaugural address that he […]

Common App Changes for 2020-21

Posted on: 03 Aug 2020

As the higher education community waited with bated breath for the annual Common App launch party on August 1st, rumors flew about what revolutionary changes to the popular application platform might shock the world in the coming days. Some of the most hardcore fans spent days glued to their laptops, clicking refresh repeatedly on the […]