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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...

September 29, 2025

If you’re raising a college-bound teenager in the Milwaukee metro region, you’ve probably noticed something: the admissions process here feels more intense than it used to. More high achievers....

September 29, 2025

There are few places in New England quite like Martha’s Vineyard. The island’s natural beauty, tight-knit community, and surprisingly rich cultural life give students a backdrop that most mainland...

September 26, 2025

It’s your first year at university, and on the morning before your 10 a.m. lecture, you decide to leave your apartment on a busy city street and head down...

September 26, 2025

At their core, college admissions officers have a good deal in common with seventh graders. While they may not share the same hygiene issues, burgeoning rebellious spirit, or general...

September 25, 2025

Eugene occupies a position in college admissions that few American cities can claim. It sits far from the most oversaturated applicant pools on the East Coast. It is home...

September 24, 2025

Leveraging Southwest Florida’s ecosystems, invention history, and rapid growth for selective college admissions Fort Myers rarely enters the conversation about elite college admissions. Its Gulf Coast reputation as a...

September 24, 2025

Eugene, Oregon, is a mid-sized university city with a strong progressive culture, deep outdoor recreation traditions, and an educational landscape that reflects the broader character of the Pacific Northwest....

September 24, 2025

Wondering if colleges look at the social media accounts of prospective students, and how they find them? Let’s start with a cautionary tale. In a well-publicized story that made...

September 23, 2025

Fort Myers is a city in motion. Lee County has grown rapidly over the past two decades, and its school landscape has expanded with it. The Lee County School...

September 23, 2025

For the Fall 2025, California Community College students will need to embrace new changes to the curriculum track that prepares them to transfer to either CSU or CU. IGETC...

September 23, 2025

Families across Eugene and the surrounding Lane County area know that selective college admissions have grown more competitive every year. High-achieving students at schools like South Eugene, Sheldon, North...

September 23, 2025

“Bad” can be a very relative term, particularly when attached to high school grades. For a high-achieving teen with their eyes on gaining acceptance into a prestigious college, an...