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December 23, 2025

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...

December 23, 2025

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....

December 18, 2025

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...

December 18, 2025

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...

December 11, 2025

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...

December 11, 2025

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...

December 10, 2025

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...

December 9, 2025

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...

December 8, 2025

Reno is not the first city that comes to mind when selective college admissions offices scan a map. That relative obscurity, however, is changing. The Reno-Sparks metro has grown...

December 6, 2025

Families in the Philadelphia suburbs often describe the college admissions process as unusually intense. Conversations with neighbors revolve around course rigor, testing benchmarks, and admissions odds. Students compare their...

December 6, 2025

College admissions for business-oriented students have grown increasingly competitive, especially at top public flagships and Ivy League universities. Strong grades alone are no longer enough. Admissions officers want to...