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October 15, 2025

Bentonville, Arkansas, has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past two decades. Once known almost exclusively as the headquarters of Walmart, it has evolved into one of the most...

October 15, 2025

For the incoming Class of 2029, San Diego State University received a record 94,000+ total first-year undergraduate applications. Applicants to this member of the California State University system campus,...

October 14, 2025

Families across Bentonville and Northwest Arkansas know that the region has transformed dramatically in recent years. The arrival of Walmart’s sprawling new 350-acre headquarters, alongside the presence of Tyson...

October 13, 2025

If you are raising a college-bound student in the Bentonville, Arkansas area, you are in one of the most rapidly evolving secondary-school markets in the South. Bentonville is home...

October 11, 2025

Choosing between public and private schools is never simple in the Richmond area. With nationally recognized magnet programs like Maggie Walker Governor’s School, rigorous suburban publics such as Deep...

October 9, 2025

When I was applying for college, the biggest thing I wanted to do was get out of the small town where I grew up. To me, that meant also...

October 9, 2025

Rochester, New York does not always come to mind when families think about college admissions powerhouses. However, the greater Rochester area offers a combination of strong suburban high schools,...

October 8, 2025

If you’re raising a high schooler anywhere in the Houston metro—whether in Katy, Fort Bend, Conroe, CFISD, HISD, Pearland, Spring Branch, Clear Creek, or one of the area’s many...

October 8, 2025

There are plenty of pressing reasons why it might feel difficult to stay sane and centered right now, in the back half of 2025. The sheer quantity of noteworthy...

October 8, 2025

Rochester, New York, is a mid-sized city with a surprisingly strong college admissions profile. It is home to two nationally recognized research universities, a cluster of high-performing suburban school...

October 7, 2025

Families across Rochester and Monroe County know that college admissions have grown fiercely competitive. Strong students at schools like Pittsford Mendon, Pittsford Sutherland, Brighton, Fairport, Penfield, Victor, and Webster...

October 6, 2025

If you are raising a college-bound student in the Rochester, New York area, you are operating in one of the most academically rich secondary-school markets in upstate New York....

October 5, 2025

Families relocating to, or already living in, the Salt Lake City metro area are often surprised by how academically competitive the region’s high schools have become. From elite independent...

October 5, 2025

A clear, research-backed look at how Princeton, WW-P, Hopewell Valley, Lawrenceville, and Mercer County’s private schools compare and how families can make informed decisions. Families in Mercer County face...

October 5, 2025

If you’re the parent of a college-bound teen, you might be panicking over the astronomical cost of tuition, hoping that if you follow the rainbow of FAFSA forms, local...

October 2, 2025

If you are raising a college-bound student on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, you are navigating one of the most distinctive and genuinely unusual secondary-school markets in the country. Unlike most...

October 1, 2025

Families on Martha’s Vineyard face a college admissions challenge that is unlike almost any other in New England. Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School is the island’s only public high...

September 30, 2025

Why should we learn to write? This question has had a clear answer for a long time, but with the proliferation of generative AI, many have opened it up...

September 30, 2025

Seventeen miles of salt water separate Martha’s Vineyard from the mainland. That distance shapes nearly everything about life on the island: the rhythms of the school year, the range...

September 30, 2025

Families in Charlotte and across the Carolinas are once again taking standardized testing seriously, and for good reason. As many of the most selective colleges in the country have...