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August 17, 2023
A 3.4% acceptance for the Class of 2027 gives you a pretty informative introduction to the ultra-competitive admissions process at Harvard University. To dive deeper, Harvard rejects the majority...
In the 2022-23 admissions cycle, NYU received over 120,000 applications. That was a record-breaking figure for the university (13% more than the previous year!), as was the all-time low...
Yale’s acceptance rate of 4.35% for the Class of 2027 is not the type of number you want to simply glide past as you proceed through the application with...
August 16, 2023
Nearly all graduate programs require a transcript during the admissions process. Essentially, this requirement verifies the competition of your undergraduate program. In addition, your transcript also serves as a...
The University of Virginia is one of the handful of flagship public institutions in the United States that attract massive numbers of high-achieving applicants from around the country/globe each...
Applicants to the Brown Class of 2027 were greeted with just over a 5% acceptance rate, similar to the year prior. Given that 19 of every 20 applicants are...
August 15, 2023
Is Community College Free? This blog will answer that question and explore state-by-state policies on providing free or reduced-cost tuition. Before we dive into that topic, let’s take a...
August 14, 2023
Once you’ve decided that you want the glories that graduate school has to offer, the next question is: Master’s vs. PhD. And if you want a PhD, does that...
With almost 81,000 applications from those wishing to join the Class of 2027, Boston University has entered the realm of the most desirable private universities on the planet. It...
With a 5.9% acceptance rate, getting into Duke in 2023-24 is now as daunting a challenge as gaining acceptance into just about any Ivy League school. While Duke University...
With an acceptance rate of 3.68% in 2023, Stanford University is in a league of selectivity with only a handful of other schools including Harvard, MIT, and Princeton. At...
August 12, 2023
What percentage of Americans go to college? Since the great postwar boom in university enrollments of the 1950s-60s, Americans have persistently associated college education with social mobility. The popularity...
August 11, 2023
The University of Pennsylvania accepted 40% of applicants back in 1980—as of 2023, that figure had plummeted to 7.4%. Those wanting to join the Quaker campus a generation ago...
Dartmouth receives the fewest number of applications of the eight Ivy League schools. There were 28,841 hopefuls for the Class of 2027, less than half the number at Columbia...
August 10, 2023
If you need to write a graduate school statement of purpose, we’ve got good news. Writing cover letters, a snappy Twitter bio, or a college essay has prepared you...
Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem “We Real Cool” speaks to the power of poetic brevity and restraint. Though the poem is a little over 30 words in total, it taps into...
College is demanding. Okay, that’s a banal opening, but still. Obviously, there’s coursework to contend with. But there’s also the stress that comes along with roommates, dorm life, and...
August 9, 2023
If you’re reading this, you’ve likely already taken the SAT and are looking for how to improve your SAT reading score. Or, maybe you’re looking for SAT reading tips...
Going to college introduces a new level of independence into many students’ lives. It means living with people your own age and outside the purview of your parents or...
August 2, 2023
If you attended college in the US, you likely had classmates in the ROTC. That’s because ROTC programs are near-ubiquitous—more than 1,700 colleges and universities in the US offer...
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