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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

Chester County stretches from corporate campuses along Route 202 to mushroom farms outside Kennett Square. That range gives students an unusually wide array of ways to build a college...

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

The Seattle Admissions Landscape Seattle families compete in one of the most academically dense metro areas on the West Coast. Nikola Tesla STEM High School and Raisbeck Aviation High...

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

Nantucket sits 30 miles off the Massachusetts coast. It is reachable only by ferry or small plane, and it has a single public high school. That isolation shapes how...

September 26, 2025

Chester County stretches from the Main Line suburbs near Malvern down to the horse country around Unionville. Its academic reputation is not built on a single district. Instead, it...

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

Nantucket sits thirty miles off the Massachusetts coast. That distance shapes nearly everything about applying to college from the island. Families weighing college admissions from Nantucket are really asking...

September 25, 2025

Chester County’s High Schools and the College Admissions Landscape Chester County sits at the western edge of Philadelphia’s suburbs. Its school districts consistently rank among the strongest in Pennsylvania....

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

If you are raising a college-bound student on Nantucket, you are operating in one of the most unusual secondary-school markets in the country. Nantucket is a 14-mile-long island, 30...

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

Chester County’s public high schools compete fiercely for recognition. Downingtown STEM Academy ranks 2nd in Pennsylvania and 19th nationally according to U.S. News & World Report. It is an...

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

Families on Nantucket face a college admissions landscape unlike almost anywhere else in Massachusetts. The island has exactly one public high school. Consequently, its students compete for selective seats...