“Innovative and invaluable…use this book as your college lifeline.”
— Lynn O'Shaughnessy
Nationally Recognized College Expert
January 16, 2025
Those seeking to enter the University of Texas at Austin directly out of high school face an extremely selective admissions process. If they are from in-state and finish in...
January 15, 2025
Metro Atlanta has become one of the South’s most academically competitive regions. From powerhouse public schools in Fulton, Forsyth, Cobb, and Gwinnett Counties to elite private institutions in Atlanta...
Boston University is infinitely more selective than it was a generation ago. In fact, last year’s freshman acceptance rate was lower than Harvard’s in the late ‘80s. After the...
In 2024, Duke University is as difficult to gain acceptance into as an Ivy League school. This school’s combination of world-class academics, a picturesque campus, and a passionate sports...
January 14, 2025
If you received a rejection letter from Yale as a high school senior, you are in excellent company. Among the 49,000 or so who are denied each year are...
If your initial quest to become a Boston College Eagle ended in disappointment, you are not alone. These days, BC attracts more quality applicants than they can admit. In...
Having a legitimate shot at becoming a Penn Quaker out of high school means that you will need near-perfect grades and test scores. Even then, single-digit acceptance rates ensure...
As one of the most difficult schools to gain admission to in the entire world, MIT denies many students who bring perfect credentials to the table. After all, the...
Once considered the “easiest” Ivy League school to gain admission into, Cornell today has a single-digit admit rate for freshman applicants. However, for anyone who wasn’t able to earn...
January 13, 2025
ENTJ is the abbreviated form of Extraverted, Intuitive, Thinking, Judging in the Myers-Briggs lexicon. According to the most recent data ENTJ personality types make up just shy of 2%...
Harvard University has a 3.4% acceptance rate for freshmen applicants, the lowest figure in the country. If you’re not a legacy applicant or recruited athlete, that number drops even...
January 12, 2025
With only a 4% acceptance rate, getting into Stanford University out of high school is not exactly a high-probability outcome. Yet, for some rejected applicants, the dream of becoming...
Becoming a USC Trojan has always been a dream of yours. Back when your parents were applying to college, the University of Southern California still accepted close to half...
Columbia University is as hard to get into as Harvard, Stanford, or MIT directly out of high school. With a sub-4% acceptance rate for first-years, Columbia is an extremely...
Every year, NYU receives over 100,000 applications from high school students. However, last year, they only accepted 9% of freshman applicants and the median SAT of admitted freshmen was...
If your initial attempt to become a Golden Bear directly out of high school came up short, there is no reason to lose hope. In fact, UC Berkeley admits...
January 11, 2025
Nursing is a dynamic profession that thrives on the relentless pursuit of knowledge and the application of evidence-based practice. It’s a field where curiosity meets compassion, driving innovations that...
January 10, 2025
I was the oddball kid who could not only sit through nine innings of a baseball game without unleashing a single yawn, but also view all 18.5 hours of...
January 9, 2025
According to the NCAA, there are currently 19,213 men’s college basketball players in America. Considering the sport began in 1893, that amounts to thousands of players who have competed...
January 8, 2025
INFJ stands for Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Judging in the Myers-Briggs universe. It is believed that INFJ personality types make up somewhere around 1-2% of the population. By gender, roughly...
