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September 5, 2025

The University of Washington’s main campus in Seattle isn’t the type of public school that just services local residents. Rather, UW-Seattle attracts twice as many applicants from out-of-state/country than...

September 5, 2025

Families in the Albuquerque, New Mexico, area often underestimate how much their region has to offer college-bound students. The metro area is home to a genuinely diverse educational landscape,...

September 4, 2025

Diversity is once again the buzzword of the moment. But unlike the past fifteen years—a veritable golden age of diversity efforts across industries and throughout popular culture, which saw...

September 4, 2025

Great Falls sits fifteen miles from downtown Washington, D.C. yet it feels worlds away from the city’s density. Horse fences line Georgetown Pike, and the Potomac River carves through...

September 4, 2025

If you’re searching for online medical assistant programs, look no further. We’ve compiled the best online medical assistant programs for you here at College Transitions. Medical assisting is a...

September 3, 2025

If you’re a college-bound student in Albuquerque, you’re navigating one of the most distinctive and underappreciated college admissions landscapes in the country. New Mexico as a whole sends far...

September 3, 2025

If you live in Montgomery County, Maryland, you’re surrounded by some of the most accomplished public and private high schools in the Mid-Atlantic. That’s the good news. The harder...

September 3, 2025

Great Falls, Virginia has no high school of its own. Yet families here send their children into one of the most academically intense school systems in the country. Quiet...

September 3, 2025

Did you know that 39% of first-time, full-time bachelor’s degree students don’t earn their degree within 8 years? If you count yourself among them, you’re certainly not alone.  Thinking...

September 2, 2025

If you are raising a college-bound student in Great Falls, Virginia, you are operating in one of the most academically ambitious corners of the Washington, D.C. metro area. Great...

September 1, 2025

Families across Great Falls know that selective college admissions have grown more competitive every year. Notably, high-achieving students at Langley High School, the anchor school for this rural pocket...

September 1, 2025

There are a lot of characters in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye (I counted almost sixty). It figures, as the main character, Holden, has attended three different...

September 1, 2025

If you’re a college-bound student in the Albany area, you’ve probably wondered: does living here hurt or help my chances? The answer is nuanced. Albany’s location creates both real...

August 31, 2025

Since his campaign and eventual inauguration into the Office of the Presidency, Donald Trump has routinely targeted institutional practices surrounding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, or DEI. The Trump Administration...

August 30, 2025

Families in the Albany, New York, area often wonder how their region stacks up for college admissions. Albany and the surrounding Capital Region offer a surprisingly strong educational landscape....

August 29, 2025

Bloomington, Indiana presents a strange paradox for ambitious high school students. Indiana University sits in the middle of town, so families see a flagship research university every single day....

August 29, 2025

On August 8, 2025, four university students and one recent graduate filed an antitrust class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, placing 32...

August 29, 2025

The nation’s oldest Jesuit institution of higher learning is also its most selective, as Georgetown University welcomed just 12% of applicants to the Class of 2029 onto its historical...

August 29, 2025

When applying to MIT, a school with a 4.5% acceptance rate where a 1500 SAT would place you below the average enrolled student (seriously), teens should be aware that...

August 29, 2025

In the most recent admissions cycle, Johns Hopkins University admitted 6.4% of applicants into the Class of 2028. As a school that rejects thousands of applicants each year with...