“Innovative and invaluable…use this book as your college lifeline.”
— Lynn O'Shaughnessy
Nationally Recognized College Expert
December 26, 2025
Too often, students with strong interests in technology, engineering, or innovation are forced to choose between surface-level enrichment and experiences that feel inaccessible without extensive prior preparation. While many...
December 23, 2025
If, partway through college, you realize that a different school would be a better fit, this is by no means a failure on your part. There are many valid...
Much like snowflakes, DNA profiles, or interpretations of a David Lynch film, no two college transfer applicants are alike. Even if two prospective transfers to Boston University are both...
A college diploma features the name of just one institution. Yet, for many, this hardly tells the true story of their unique college journey, which is often an amalgam...
Calculating your chances of getting into certain colleges as a transfer is as easy as handicapping a cat race. Unlike the regular admissions process, there is enough fluctuation in...
December 22, 2025
Finding internships in high school can be difficult, especially because most internships are designed for college students and postgrads. It can be especially hard to find remote internships that...
December 20, 2025
In 2026, working adults are approaching higher education with a fundamentally different mindset than traditional residential students. For most, enrollment decisions revolve around income stability, promotion eligibility, career mobility,...
December 19, 2025
When preparing for the SAT or ACT, your strengths, challenges, and goals should guide your study approach. For example, let’s say you haven’t taken the SAT yet but want...
December 18, 2025
If you are a parent preparing to send your high schooler off to college soon, you have likely been reeled in by recent headlines about AI on college campuses....
Welcome to your college application journey! You’ve worked hard your whole life to get to this point, and you just want to cross the finish line and get into...
If you teach science to 8th graders, you might be looking for science fair project ideas to inspire your students. Or maybe you’re looking for fresh classroom experiments to...
December 14, 2025
Have you ever been browsing your YouTube feed and been inspired by Mark Rober’s awesome tech videos? Or maybe you recently saw The Social Network and were invigorated by...
December 12, 2025
Career colleges and trade schools have become an increasingly popular alternative to traditional four-year universities. Rising tuition costs, long time-to-degree, and persistent labor shortages in skilled trades have pushed...
December 11, 2025
Choosing between a public and private high school is rarely simple. In the Austin metro area, where families have access to some of the strongest public schools in Texas...
Princeton is the latest high-profile university to announce that it will return to requiring SAT or ACT scores from applicants, starting with the 2027-2028 admission cycle. Like many other...
A Rising Tech Hub with More to Offer Than Most Families Realize Reno is a city in the middle of a genuine transformation. Once defined almost entirely by its...
December 10, 2025
Reno is a city in the middle of a genuine transformation. The casino economy that defined Northern Nevada for decades now shares space with Tesla’s Gigafactory, the Desert Research...
An increasing number of selective colleges now scrutinize how applicants spend their summers during high school. Some parents, in response to this trend, have blown thousands of dollars on...
December 9, 2025
If you are raising a college-bound student in the Boise area, you may not realize just how differentiated the region’s top high schools look through the eyes of selective...
Families in the Reno–Sparks metro know that college admissions are growing more competitive every year. Students from schools like Galena High School, Reno High School, McQueen High School, Damonte...
