“Innovative and invaluable…use this book as your college lifeline.”
— Lynn O'Shaughnessy
Nationally Recognized College Expert
March 9, 2021
Living in a society that is hyper-focused on selective college admissions, the moment a student receives an acceptance letter from their dream school can feel the victorious end of...
March 5, 2021
While researching prospective colleges, students and parents encounter a dizzying whirlwind of data and information. It can be so overwhelming that sometimes very important statistics, particularly those that may...
March 3, 2021
It is quite normal for parents and teens to begin their college search without a great deal of a hard data. A top student might be “Blank College” material...
February 26, 2021
The decision-makers at the Common Application have officially announced that the Common App essay prompt menu for the upcoming 2021-22 admissions cycle will be slightly different than in 2020-21....
February 10, 2021
For many teens, the college admissions process has become one of the most stress-inducing experiences of their young lives. For some, the rewards are worth the sacrifice of applying...
January 29, 2021
If you are an American student interested in pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Europe, one of the natural first questions might be: What language will my professors speak? Of...
January 25, 2021
Welcome to College Transitions’ first look at early round acceptance rates at Ivy League and other highly-selective colleges and universities for the 2020-21 cycle. As of this posting in...
January 20, 2021
It is unsurprising that the top public universities in the United States annually draw massive numbers of residents who seek a quality education close to home at a low...
January 18, 2021
Prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, 1,169,464 international students were studying at colleges and universities across the United States. While this number was already slightly down from...
December 21, 2020
Back in 2012, a student at the University of Cincinnati won a restraining order against her parents for “stalking” her in college. They had installed spyware on their daughter’s...
December 14, 2020
Even the brightest and most worldly college-bound American teens are not usually able to name more than a handful of universities in the United Kingdom. Sure, there’s Oxford, Cambridge,...
September 4, 2020
The notion of test-optional admissions was born in 1969, in the coastal town of Brunswick, Maine. There, the newly-minted, fresh-faced Dean of Bowdoin College, Roger Howell Jr., all of...
August 3, 2020
As the higher education community waited with bated breath for the annual Common App launch party on August 1st, rumors flew about what revolutionary changes to the popular application...
June 10, 2020
We previously covered the Early Decision/Early Action acceptance rates for the Class of 2024 at the eight Ivy League universities as well at a number of other selective schools....
April 20, 2020
In an ordinary year, roughly 2% of college-bound high school grads elect to take a gap year prior to launching their postsecondary career. Many spend the time traveling internationally,...
April 17, 2020
As the entire world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, international high school seniors already accepted into an American college must wait to see what unfolds with respect to travel...
April 1, 2020
Recognizing that the coronavirus crisis has caused massive disruptions to the lives of current high school students (along with the rest of the world), many colleges have already come...
March 26, 2020
In the eyes of college admissions officers, there are certain types of activities that occupy the highest points within the extracurricular firmament. Placing in national/international academic competitions, ascending to...
March 23, 2020
For academically-inclined 10th grade students, the abrupt shuttering of their high school due to the coronavirus pandemic was not met with the type of youthful glee that follows a...
March 19, 2020
“What should I do now that college tours are canceled?” “How will I demonstrate interest in my prospective colleges?” “Will I be able to take the SAT, ACT, and...
