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August 11, 2025

Back in the ‘90s, American University had an acceptance rate of nearly 80%. In recent years, the acceptance rate has fallen as low as 26% and is typically between...

August 11, 2025

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...

August 11, 2025

Lehigh University, a top 50 school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is home to 5,900 undergraduate students, the vast majority of whom line up to study within the top-flight engineering,...

August 11, 2025

As far as accomplishments go, getting into Columbia University in 2025-26 versus getting accepted a generation ago are wholly incomparable. In fact, it would be like equating climbing Mt....

August 8, 2025

Families across the Minneapolis–St. Paul Metro Area enjoy extraordinary educational resources. Students attend some of the strongest public and private high schools in the Midwest: Wayzata, Minnetonka, Edina, Eagan,...

August 7, 2025

Tampa Bay is home to some of Florida’s strongest high schools—academically ambitious publics like Plant, Newsome, Steinbrenner, and Sickles, nationally respected private schools such as Berkeley Prep, Tampa Prep,...

August 7, 2025

The NCAA rolled out the College Football Playoff back in 2014. For the first decade of its existence, the College Football Playoff was relatively small in scope: just four...

August 5, 2025

If you want to minimize your expenses while getting a four-year degree, you might be considering attending community college for two years before transferring to a four-year institution. This...

August 5, 2025

All of the member schools within the Claremont Consortium have excellent reputations, but Pomona College and its 1,766 brilliant undergrads edge out Claremont McKenna for the title of “Most...

August 5, 2025

In 1990, The New York Times published an article entitled, “With Money and Talent, Emory Raises Its Status.” The accelerated growth began when Coca-Cola magnate, Robert Woodruff, donated over...

August 5, 2025

Washington, DC, is an attractive locale for students looking to attend college in a bustling, cosmopolitan city with a bevy of recreational, cultural, and internship/pre-professional opportunities. Therefore, it makes...

August 5, 2025

Bowdoin College is among the most selective and respected liberal arts colleges in the United States, right up there with schools like Amherst, Swarthmore, and Claremont McKenna. These schools...

August 5, 2025

Barnard College, an all-female college located in Manhattan, also boasts an affiliation with Columbia University. With all of those desirable attributes, it’s no wonder the Barnard College acceptance rate...

August 5, 2025

There is so much to like about Boston University that it’s not hard to figure out why it received over 78,000 applications for a spot in the 2024-25 freshman...

August 5, 2025

A top-40 national university and a top-10 public university, the University of Texas at Austin is the number one target institution of many Lone Star State teens as well...

August 4, 2025

Along with institutions like UNC Chapel Hill, the University of Michigan, and the College of William and Mary, the University of Virginia is considered one of the “Public Ivies.”...

August 4, 2025

Throughout the ’90s, Dartmouth College sported an acceptance rate between 21% and 26%. By around 2010, that figure had fallen to 12-13%. In 2023, the school posted a record-low...

August 4, 2025

Washington University in St. Louis (often referred to as WashU) is a mouthful to say, but the name of this private research university founded in 1853 comes out of...

August 4, 2025

The University of Pennsylvania was founded in the 18th century as a member of the Ivy League. This being the case, it’s surprising that it took 250 years for...

August 4, 2025

When it comes to getting accepted into Yale, the good news is that the school is enrolling more undergraduate students now than at any previous point in the university’s...