“Innovative and invaluable…use this book as your college lifeline.”
— Lynn O'Shaughnessy
Nationally Recognized College Expert
August 7, 2025
Santa Barbara looks, from a distance, like a place where ambition takes a back seat to ocean views. That impression misses what actually sits inside city limits: a UC...
August 6, 2025
Frisco has grown faster than almost any city in America. Its school system has grown right along with it. The city now hosts the headquarters of the Dallas Cowboys...
Santa Barbara sits in an unusual position among California college towns. It hosts a top-tier public research university and a community college widely regarded as the best in the...
August 5, 2025
Frisco no longer looks like a typical Texas suburb. Over the past two decades, the city has grown from a small farming town into a corporate magnet. It is...
Santa Barbara Is a Small Market with an Outsized Academic Identity Santa Barbara is not a major admissions hub in the way Los Angeles or San Francisco are. That...
All of the member schools within the Claremont Consortium have excellent reputations, but Pomona College and its 1,766 brilliant undergrads edge out Claremont McKenna for the title of “Most...
In 1990, The New York Times published an article entitled, “With Money and Talent, Emory Raises Its Status.” The accelerated growth began when Coca-Cola magnate, Robert Woodruff, donated over...
Washington, DC, is an attractive locale for students looking to attend college in a bustling, cosmopolitan city with a bevy of recreational, cultural, and internship/pre-professional opportunities. Therefore, it makes...
Bowdoin College is among the most selective and respected liberal arts colleges in the United States, right up there with schools like Amherst, Swarthmore, and Claremont McKenna. These schools...
Barnard College, an all-female college located in Manhattan, also boasts an affiliation with Columbia University. With all of those desirable attributes, it’s no wonder the Barnard College acceptance rate...
There is so much to like about Boston University that it’s not hard to figure out why it received over 78,000 applications for a spot in the 2024-25 freshman...
A top-40 national university and a top-10 public university, the University of Texas at Austin is the number one target institution of many Lone Star State teens as well...
August 4, 2025
Frisco has spent the last decade trading its identity as a quiet Dallas suburb for a much bigger title. Locals now call it Sports City USA. Specifically, the Dallas...
Families across Santa Barbara County know that selective college admissions keep getting harder every year. High-achieving students at schools like Dos Pueblos, San Marcos, Santa Barbara High, and Carpinteria...
Along with institutions like UNC Chapel Hill, the University of Michigan, and the College of William and Mary, the University of Virginia is considered one of the “Public Ivies.”...
Throughout the ’90s, Dartmouth College sported an acceptance rate between 21% and 26%. By around 2010, that figure had fallen to 12-13%. In 2023, the school posted a record-low...
Washington University in St. Louis (often referred to as WashU) is a mouthful to say, but the name of this private research university founded in 1853 comes out of...
The University of Pennsylvania was founded in the 18th century as a member of the Ivy League. This being the case, it’s surprising that it took 250 years for...
When it comes to getting accepted into Yale, the good news is that the school is enrolling more undergraduate students now than at any previous point in the university’s...
When you look at a list of the lowest college acceptance rates in the country and your dream school occupies one of the top positions, this is hardly cause...
