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August 27, 2015
New York, NY— The Hechinger Report cites research by Andrew Belasco in an article titled, “The real reason that colleges go ‘test optional,'” and looks at some of the underlying...
August 10, 2015
One of the most memorable essays I ever read was written by a student we’ll call Sam, a rising high school senior from Massachusetts. He had written at least...
August 4, 2015
Jersey City, NJ— College Transitions was recently featured in Forbes on an article discussing who benefits from test-optional admission policies. The author cites research by College Transitions CEO, Andrew Belasco,...
Washington, DC— College Transitions was featured in U.S. News & World Report in an article offering advice for how students can reduce the financial costs of a gap year....
August 3, 2015
UPDATE: We have recently updated this post/topic, and you can click here to read. In the early 1990s, the University of Pennsylvania was struggling to keep up with their...
July 28, 2015
Washington, DC— College Transitions was recently highlighted in The Washington Post after George Washington University joined a number of institutions who have since adopted test-optional admission policies. College Transitions...
July 24, 2015
A few weeks ago, I wandered across a blog post titled “How Understanding ‘Toy Story’ Can Get You into College.” As a lifelong Pixar fan, I was intrigued by...
July 15, 2015
Now that you understand what research has to say about the contextual and often-limited benefits of attending a highly-selective school, you may have opened your mind to a few...
June 18, 2015
For many students and their families, attending a liberal arts college sounds like an expensive proposition. After all, liberal arts schools are known for their small class size, available...
June 15, 2015
Boston, MA— The Boston Globe recently profiled Andrew Belasco’s research focusing on test-optional admission policies. Author Kevin Lewis writes: “IN RECENT YEARS, many selective liberal arts colleges have made standardized...
May 19, 2015
Pursuing your entire undergraduate degree abroad may sound like an extravagance reserved for the jet-setting upper-class, yet going to college in a foreign country can actually make excellent economic...
May 12, 2015
Welcome to the sixth installment of College Transitions’ “So you want to be a…” series. Designed to help career-minded high school students think intelligently about their postsecondary journeys, these...
May 1, 2015
We begin with an analogy. Three racehorses: Cream of the Crop, Above Average, and Run of the Mill are selected by three trainers of varying quality to prepare for...
April 15, 2015
Welcome to the fifth installment of College Transitions’ “So you want to be a…” series. Designed to help career-minded high school students think intelligently about their postsecondary journeys, these...
April 7, 2015
An iconic year, even by the standards of its iconic decade, 1969 teems with momentous events in America’s cultural history: the moon landing, Woodstock, the Amazin’ Mets, and the...
March 21, 2015
Our “So you want to be a…” series was designed to help career-minded high school students think about the financial, academic, and personal factors one should consider when exploring...
February 19, 2015
“Buridan’s ass” is a well-known (and unfortunately named) philosophical paradox where a famished donkey sits equidistant between two similarly delicious bales of hay and, unable to find a rational...
February 10, 2015
Atlanta, GA— The Georgia State Senate Higher Education Committee held a hearing today to discuss Senate Bill 44 and Michael Trivette was called to testify before the committee. Michael offered support...
February 4, 2015
A simplistic view of higher education is that people emerge from four years of college with a specific skill related to their primary area of study: Education majors learn...
January 27, 2015
We’ll save the drama—even in an era of bloated tuition costs, ballooning student loan debt, and a weakened American job market, the answer to the general question of whether...
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