College Admissions

March 15, 2025

As you begin your college search, the financial realities of the process tend to come into sharper relief. As a result, you might begin to explore colleges that offer...

March 13, 2025

If you are a teenage prodigy who spent your spare time in high school interning at a cancer research laboratory and founding a charitable organization that distributes prescription glasses...

March 13, 2025

The Common App Additional Information section appears to be a 300-word (formerly 650-word) oasis amidst a desert of Draconian character limits.  Yet, this inviting expanse of brag-sheet real estate...

March 10, 2025

Families across Fairfield County, Connecticut, know that the college admissions landscape has never been more selective, more unpredictable, or more overwhelming. Each year, we work with students who are...

March 3, 2025

An expert, data-informed guide for families making one of the most important educational decisions in a booming, competitive metroplex. Choosing the right high school in the Dallas–Fort Worth area...

February 28, 2025

If you’re wondering, “How many extracurricular activities do colleges want, anyway?” you’re not alone. To shed light on this question, let’s look to Parkinson’s Law, which began as nothing...

February 25, 2025

Public vs. Private Schools in Atlanta: What Actually Matters for College Admissions in 2026 A clear, research driven guide for Metro Atlanta families weighing two excellent but very different...

February 20, 2025

Families in the Raleigh Durham Chapel Hill area benefit from an unusually rich educational landscape. Students here attend some of the strongest public, charter, magnet, and independent high schools...

February 20, 2025

Mercer County, NJ is one of the most academically competitive regions in the Mid-Atlantic—anchored by Princeton University, filled with high-achieving families, and home to a dense concentration of elite...

February 20, 2025

If you attended college in the US, you likely had classmates in ROTC. That’s because ROTC programs are near-ubiquitous—more than 1,700 colleges and universities in the US offer ROTC...

February 18, 2025

Perhaps reflective of volatile times, many higher education institutions have shuttered their doors or been subsumed by other, larger institutions. This has left students, alumni, and educators, among others,...

February 18, 2025

It’s natural to dread looking at the sticker price for higher education. In 2024, the most expensive colleges in the country charged nearly $100,000 in annual cost. That same...

February 17, 2025

Since tuition can be quite costly, it’s easy to understand why the average person might assume that tuition fees are what keeps a college’s lights on. But college finances...

February 16, 2025

A clear, expert-backed guide for Charlotte-area families navigating one of the Southeast’s most competitive academic regions. In the Charlotte metro, choosing a high school is rarely simple. With standout...

February 12, 2025

Asheville occupies a singular position in the American cultural imagination. Nested in a bowl formed by the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky mountains, it attracts artists, scientists, environmentalists, and...

February 12, 2025

Do you dream of a school known for its academic rigor, where excellence is prized and the faculty is top-notch? Perhaps you also dream of sunny skies, mild temperatures,...

February 12, 2025

President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to abolish the Department of Education (ED). In early February 2025, it was reported that members of the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency...

February 11, 2025

Houston families face an interesting paradox: the metro area offers a huge number of high-performing public, magnet, charter, and private schools, but that abundance makes the choice far more...

February 11, 2025

Asheville occupies a particular place in the American imagination: a creative mountain city, beloved for its arts scene, independent spirit, and natural beauty. For college-bound students, however, the question...

February 10, 2025

If you live in Fairfield County, there’s no such thing as a simple school decision. With nationally ranked public high schools in Darien, New Canaan, Wilton, Greenwich, and Westport,...