College Admissions

August 22, 2025

Newton earned its nickname “the Garden City” more than a century ago. Its thirteen villages sit just west of Boston along the Charles River. Two large public high schools...

August 22, 2025

Grand Rapids has spent the last two decades reinventing itself. It was once known mainly for office furniture. Today, it is a mid-sized city with a genuine medical research...

August 21, 2025

San Diego occupies a genuinely unusual position in American higher education. The Salk Institute, Scripps Research, JCVI, and UC San Diego all operate within a few miles of one...

August 21, 2025

Newton, Massachusetts: A City Defined by Its Classrooms Newton sits just west of Boston. Few American cities of its size carry as much educational weight. The city is home...

August 21, 2025

A College-Bound Family’s Guide to Grand Rapids Schools If you are raising a college-bound student in Grand Rapids, Michigan, you are navigating a market that rarely gets national attention....

August 21, 2025

With about 3,000 undergraduates, the University of Richmond is fairly large in size for a liberal arts college. Unlike many comparable schools, it offers a stellar undergraduate business program....

August 21, 2025

The University of Minnesota—Twin Cities presently has an undergraduate enrollment of about 40,000 talented students. Last year, they received roughly 14,000 applications from residents and over 20,000 from out-of-staters...

August 20, 2025

San Diego sits at an unusual intersection for college-bound families. The region holds a flagship research university. It also holds a dense cluster of biotech and oceanography institutions. Additionally,...

August 20, 2025

The Competitive Landscape in Newton Newton sits just west of Boston. Its two public high schools, Newton South and Newton North, routinely place among the state’s strongest, according to...

August 20, 2025

Families across Grand Rapids and greater Kent County know that selective college admissions keep growing more competitive every year. High-achieving students at East Grand Rapids, Forest Hills Central, Forest...

August 20, 2025

The 52,000+ high school seniors hoping to join the Virginia Tech Class of 2028 were part of a record-setting applicant pool. For historical context, less than a decade ago,...

August 20, 2025

George Washington University, commonly referred to as GW or GWU, is a popular option for students interested in politics, government, or international affairs. It also has strong business, engineering,...

August 20, 2025

Case Western Reserve University, often referred to as simply Case Western or CWRU, is a mid-sized private research institution located in Cleveland, Ohio. With an emphasis on the STEM...

August 20, 2025

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, most often referred to as RPI, is a private research university in Troy, New York, that caters to around 6,000 undergraduate students. Future aerospace, chemical, electrical,...

August 19, 2025

San Francisco is one of the most institutionally dense cities in the country. That density is not limited to tech, however. City government, research campuses, museums, and youth nonprofits...

August 19, 2025

Indianapolis high schoolers often assume a strong college list starts an hour away, in Bloomington or West Lafayette. However, the city itself is a working laboratory. It offers the...

August 19, 2025

San Diego is one of California’s most dynamic secondary education markets. It combines powerful public school districts, nationally recognized charter schools, and a tight cluster of elite independent schools....

August 19, 2025

The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is a mid-sized public school of 6,500 undergraduates. Founded in 1693, W&M is the second oldest institution in the United...

August 19, 2025

The University of Rochester is a mid-sized private school with approximately 6,500 undergraduate students. This is a university where the vast majority of students live on campus (76%), are...

August 18, 2025

San Francisco offers college-bound students an unusual mix of resources. The city is home to a world-class research university, a global tech industry, and a public school system anchored...