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— Lynn O'Shaughnessy
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November 1, 2022
The run-up to the November 1st early action (EA) and early decision (ED) deadlines at the majority of colleges is, for many students, one of the most stressful times...
October 3, 2022
For all of the first-class treatment applicants give to their Common App essay, the Common App Activities Section is all too often relegated to steerage. If antiquated steamship analogies...
September 28, 2022
We are honored that one of our favorite journalists, Ron Lieber of The New York Times, cited us in his article on September 24, 2022 titled The Discount Data That Some Colleges Won’t Publish....
September 24, 2022
Life as a college professor sounds like a delightfully quaint way to make a living. Residing in a rent-free cabin somewhere in New England, clad in your unfashionable yet...
September 21, 2022
Before we directly look at how to become a journalist, a quick history lesson…In the period following Watergate, roughly 82% of the young people in the world decided to...
September 14, 2022
With a 2.7% acceptance rate (yes, truly), Caltech is one of the most highly selective schools in the country. Amazingly, they have managed to operate as a test-blind institution...
Early Decision is quickly becoming a misnomer. An increasing number of highly selective institutions have initiated a second round of binding admission programs, giving students another chance to commit...
September 12, 2022
If you are the parent of a college-bound teen, you’ve likely spent at least a few sleepless nights fretting about the subject of paying for college. If it is...
September 6, 2022
Students at most American high schools have the option to take rigorous college-level coursework. The two common options that extend beyond the honors level are Advanced Placement (AP) and...
September 3, 2022
Welcome to another installment of College Transitions’ “How to Become a” series. Designed to help career-minded high school students think intelligently about their postsecondary journeys, these blogs will look...
September 2, 2022
For many college-bound seniors, the prospect of leaving home for the first time is a source of both excitement and unrest. Flying the nest can induce more of the...
August 30, 2022
College Transitions’ Director of Content, Dave Bergman, contributed to an article on the Redfin blog. Check out the recent Redfin article we were featured in: What is Boston Known For?...
Every May, swarms of freshly minted college graduates experience the smack of job search-related anxiety before the Gothic font on their diploma even has a chance to dry. Many...
August 29, 2022
Want to spend a couple of unproductive hours on the internet? Start by Googling “What should I major in?”. You’ll find countless articles with strong points of view. Some...
August 23, 2022
The Common App went live on August 1, 2022 which means those applying to college for the 2022-23 cycle can begin completing the main sections of the Common App....
August 21, 2022
With COVID-19 having been an omnipresent force in all of our lives, including the entire educational universe, it should come as little surprise that the virus even managed to...
August 18, 2022
What is social mobility? It’s a term you hear quite often in 2022, particularly in the realm of American higher education. This blog will seek to answer that question...
August 16, 2022
Sometimes it takes unspeakably tragic events to bring the existence of a widespread problem into the national conversation. In the past decade, highly-publicized suicides at Penn, Hamilton College, MIT,...
In autumn of 1995, Ohio State University welcomed a typical freshman class of 5,794 individuals to campus. Ninety percent of this Buckeye cohort were Ohio residents and they carried...
August 15, 2022
Less than 10 miles from Boston, Brandeis University is yet another high-end option in a geographical region teeming with elite schools. Founded by the American-Jewish community in 1948, this...
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