Posted on: 20 May 2026
What percentage of Americans go to college? Since the postwar boom in university enrollments of the 1950s and 1960s, Americans have persistently associated a college education with social mobility. The popularity of college helps explain why the share of Americans holding college degrees has continued to rise over the past two decades. According to the […]
Posted on: 12 Mar 2026
Getting waitlisted or deferred: the limbo of the college admissions world. No doubt, it can certainly feel like purgatory for some. For the most part, all you can do is wait (hence the name) and maybe say a few Hail Marys. However, some schools do allow deferred and waitlisted students a certain degree of hope […]
Posted on: 26 Feb 2025
If you attend a college or university in the US, you probably know your average college GPA. This number summarizes (imperfectly) one’s academic performance in college. Employers and graduate programs often look to GPA for information on where applicants ranked in their graduating cohort. Given its significance, GPA has been the subject of intense scrutiny […]
Posted on: 17 Feb 2025
When it comes to high school engineering internships, acronyms are abundant. Familiar ones like NASA and STEM are joined by myriad others: EPIC, RISE, OSTEM, SHIP, SEW, SEES. This article wades through the alphabet soup to spotlight twenty engineering internships for high school students. It covers a range of fields within engineering, such as civil, […]
Posted on: 14 Feb 2025
Paid internships for high school students are somewhat rare, given that most high schoolers have little work training or experience. However, there are still many options available to ambitious students eager to acquire both early work experience and a paycheck. The list below covers paid high school internships that are either virtual or hosted in-person […]
Posted on: 27 Nov 2024
For some, a career in journalism still evokes the romanticized newsrooms of the twentieth century. But the industry has faced seismic change this century. The Internet, user-generated content, and other forces have contributed to an increasingly fragmented media landscape. Despite these shifts, young people remain committed to ideals of public access, balance of power, and […]
Posted on: 29 Aug 2024
What is academic probation and why does it sound like a court-imposed criminal sentence? In higher education, academic probation designates students facing academic challenges like poor grades. In most cases, students face academic probation when their grade point averages fall below a 2.0 (a C average). As in legal contexts, “probation” signals that students have […]
Posted on: 10 Aug 2024
Many Americans accept the idea that a high-paying career and university education go hand in hand. While it’s largely true that college degrees are a major source of social mobility and financial well-being, it’s also true that many high-paying careers involve specialized skills that one needn’t get a bachelor’s degree to learn. Trade jobs offer […]