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June 12, 2023
If you’re a soon-to-be high school graduate or a proud alum wondering how to get a copy of your high school diploma, you’ve come to the right place. In...
June 7, 2023
From Calvin and Hobbes to Star Trek to The Simpsons, Hamlet’s soliloquy “To Be or Not To Be” is one of the most commonly cited lines of Shakespeare. But...
June 6, 2023
A perennial presence on the AP Lit Reading List, the themes at the heart of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby – greed, love, violence, and the “American Dream”...
June 5, 2023
If public speaking causes your palms to sweat or your voice to quaver, you’re not the only one. Simply adding to a student-led discussion used to make my heart...
“Graduate school” sounds like a paradox, right? If you’re a graduate, why would you need more education? Hidden in this paradox is the very thing that makes grad school...
June 1, 2023
You know that you want to give a gift to a college student in your life. You know you want to give that gift soon. And you know which...
May 31, 2023
Environmental science is a varied discipline that encompasses a variety of subjects, including ecology, atmospheric science, and geology among others. Professionals within this field can pursue many occupations from...
May 22, 2023
High school courses that involve narrative, such as AP Lang, Creative Writing, and Film require an understanding of literary devices. Analytical papers ask students to interpret a work. To...
May 18, 2023
When you hear the term “rhetorical devices,” perhaps you picture old, bearded men sitting around a pile of grapes, debating love and democracy. Maybe the Roman orator Cicero comes...
May 15, 2023
If you have a secret or not-so-secret dream of applying to the University of Cambridge, the following rankings of the 29 Colleges open to undergraduates, along with the acceptance...
May 10, 2023
So, you want to learn how to ask a professor for an extension, but you’re afraid of sounding like a slacker, or of getting on your professor’s bad side....
May 9, 2023
Whether you’re a rising senior or in the thick of your college years, you’ve likely asked yourself the following questions: what is a good GPA in college? Is a...
May 3, 2023
You’ve seen them before: GRE test preppers on the bus with a huge stack of flashcards. The GRE verbal section may seem intimidating, but acing your way through the...
May 2, 2023
“The Road Not Taken” is a poem of behemoth presence from high school English classrooms to motivational posters to the annals of New England poetry. Before we dive into...
April 26, 2023
Writing the supplemental “Why this major” essay sounds like a cakewalk for approximately 4% of high school seniors—those lucky few who’ve known their purpose since kindergarten. For most, it...
The time it takes to get a master’s degree can range widely. It usually tends to take between nine months to three years. However, the length of a master’s...
April 19, 2023
Are you ready to start thinking about getting a Master’s degree? Whether you’re dreaming about a 20% increase in salary, or want to spend your time taking specialized courses,...
April 17, 2023
At some point, most college-bound students are tasked with writing an overcoming challenges essay. The prompt crops up in various forms, as a supplemental short essay about overcoming a...
April 14, 2023
Welcome to College Transitions’ first look at the overall Ivy League acceptance rates as well as acceptance rates at other highly-selective colleges and universities for the 2022-23 cycle. As...
April 13, 2023
Boy oh boy, don’t you love AP Scholar Awards season? Forget about the Golden Globes, the Grammys, the Oscars, the Tonys, etc. Everyone tunes in for this award season...
