College Admissions

August 30, 2025

Families in the Albany, New York, area often wonder how their region stacks up for college admissions. Albany and the surrounding Capital Region offer a surprisingly strong educational landscape....

August 29, 2025

On August 8, 2025, four university students and one recent graduate filed an antitrust class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, placing 32...

August 29, 2025

The nation’s oldest Jesuit institution of higher learning is also its most selective, as Georgetown University welcomed just 12% of applicants to the Class of 2029 onto its historical...

August 29, 2025

When applying to MIT, a school with a 4.5% acceptance rate where a 1500 SAT would place you below the average enrolled student (seriously), teens should be aware that...

August 29, 2025

In the most recent admissions cycle, Johns Hopkins University admitted 6.4% of applicants into the Class of 2028. As a school that rejects thousands of applicants each year with...

August 29, 2025

Of the nearly 60,000 applications received by Columbia, just 4.2% were accepted, the second lowest mark in the Ivy League (Harvard was the lowest). At a school where 96...

August 29, 2025

In the 2024-25 admissions cycle, NYU received over 120,000 applications. That was a record-breaking figure for the university, as was the all-time low acceptance rate of 9%. To put...

August 29, 2025

The high school student who is the ultimate type A, planner extraordinaire can probably lay out an accurate vision for the next decade of their life, including their college...

August 28, 2025

North Carolina State University is a large public research university that forms one corner of the so-called Research Triangle, along with Duke University and the University of North Carolina—Chapel...

August 27, 2025

The University of Virginia is one of the handful of flagship public institutions in the United States that attract massive numbers of high-achieving applicants from around the country/globe each...

August 27, 2025

Founded in 1693, the College of William & Mary is the second-oldest institution of higher learning in the entire United States. With an acceptance rate that was 34% for...

August 27, 2025

For the Class of 2028, the WashU acceptance rate remained low at just 12%. As Washington University in St. Louis continues marching toward the single-digit admit rate club, it’s...

August 27, 2025

With an acceptance rate of just 4.7% for the 2025-26 entering class, Vanderbilt has become one of the more selective schools in the United States. It’s easy for prospective...

August 27, 2025

The University of Wisconsin—Madison has joined the ranks of other premier flagship universities that high-achieving teens from all around the country/world now line up for a chance to attend....

August 27, 2025

When applying to a school like the University of Southern California, it is important to grasp that their acceptance rate in 2025 is lower than Harvard’s back in the...

August 26, 2025

Richmond may not have the same national brand recognition as Westchester or Fairfield County, but the college admissions landscape here is far more competitive than most parents expect. The...

August 26, 2025

The University of Pennsylvania accepted 40% of applicants back in 1980—as of 2025, that figure had plummeted to 4.2%. Those wanting to join the Quaker campus a generation ago...

August 26, 2025

The University of Notre Dame is a famed Catholic institution located outside the city of South Bend, Indiana. It is a dream college for many brilliant high school students...

August 26, 2025

With over 60,000 applicants per year, you might think that the University of Maryland—College Park admissions committee would want to create a fast-paced assembly line for application reviews that...

August 26, 2025

Situated in the state capital of Raleigh, North Carolina State University is a stellar public research institution that attracts droves of high school stars from around the country. Known...