College Admissions

May 11, 2026

By now, whether you’ve been told about them at a young age, know someone attending one of them, or just discovered them, my guess is that you’ve heard of...

May 11, 2026

Depending on your circumstances, the five allotted entries in the Honors section of the Common Application can look like anything from a frighteningly vast and boundless ocean to a...

May 5, 2026

For all of the first-class treatment applicants give to their Common App essay, the Common App Activities Section is all too often relegated to steerage. If antiquated steamship analogies...

April 15, 2026

If you’re a current high school student who has been diagnosed with ADHD, another form of neurodivergence, or any kind of learning disability (such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, etc.), you...

April 10, 2026

The question sounds simple enough: if I get straight A’s from here on out, what will my GPA be? But the math behind it catches a lot of students...

April 10, 2026

Your GPA is one of the first numbers a college admissions officer sees on your application — and one of the most misunderstood numbers in the entire process. Students...

April 9, 2026

You just got your PSAT scores back. Maybe you did better than expected. Maybe you were hoping for more. Either way, the question in your head right now is...

April 9, 2026

You took one test and your friend took the other. Your college has a scholarship threshold in ACT points. A school you’re researching lists its middle 50% in SAT...

March 27, 2026

A college’s financial aid offer can sometimes be the difference between a college acceptance feeling like a dream come true or a very rude awakening. But this reality check,...

March 25, 2026

In 2020, the Common App added a new optional prompt to the Additional Information section that gave students extra space to detail the impact of COVID-19 on their lives....

March 20, 2026

If you’re living in the United States and getting ready to apply for college, it may feel inevitable that you will end up at a university here in the...

March 12, 2026

Getting waitlisted or deferred: the limbo of the college admissions world. No doubt, it can certainly feel like purgatory for some. For the most part, all you can do...

March 12, 2026

After battling through the epic journey of the college application process, with all its emotional twists and turns, the torturous anticipation, the potential heaven of acceptance or hell of...

March 11, 2026

March begins the grand finale of the college application season. Most schools will release their admissions decisions in mid- to late-March or April, and by May 1st (National College...

March 9, 2026

So you’ve decided (or you’re seriously considering) taking a gap year. Maybe you’re burned out after years of pushing through an increasingly high-stakes academic grind. Maybe a rare opportunity...

March 5, 2026

The folks at the Common Application have officially announced that the Common App essay prompt menu for the upcoming 2026-27 admissions cycle will remain exactly the same as it...

March 3, 2026

Maryville University is a private, nonprofit institution founded in 1872 in St. Louis, Missouri. It holds HLC regional accreditation reaffirmed in 2025, has a majority online student body with...

February 26, 2026

West Lafayette is a small city with an outsized address. Purdue University sits at its center, and the campus shapes nearly everything around it, from traffic on State Street...

February 25, 2026

Few American towns revolve around a single university the way West Lafayette revolves around Purdue. The campus fills much of the city, and its research culture reaches into kitchens,...

February 24, 2026

West Lafayette is a small city with an outsized academic footprint. Purdue University fills the east side of town, and its research culture shapes the expectations of local families....