How students in one of America’s fastest-growing tech suburbs can build competitive, place-rooted applications Round Rock, Texas does not look like an obvious launchpad for Ivy League ambitions. It has no Ivy of its own, no storied university quad, no centuries-old library. What it does have is something far...
Read MoreRound Rock sits at a genuinely unusual intersection for college-bound students. It is the home of Dell Technologies’ global headquarters. It is also a bedroom community adjacent to one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. In one school year, a Round Rock ISD senior might intern at a...
Read MoreRound Rock, Texas, sits fifteen miles north of downtown Austin. Dell Technologies is headquartered here. The surrounding technology corridor has reshaped Williamson County’s demographics, income levels, and educational expectations. The result, accordingly, is a school district that performs well above its size nationally. Public schools here offer IB programs,...
Read MoreFamilies in Round Rock, Texas understand that the local tech economy is anything but ordinary. The city is home to Dell Technologies’ global headquarters, sits at the center of one of the fastest-growing semiconductor corridors in the country, and sends students each year from rigorous public high schools to...
Read MoreA City with More to Offer Than Most Applicants Realize Riverside is easy to underestimate. Sitting roughly 55 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, it occupies a curious position in California’s cultural geography. Too far from the coast to feel glamorous and too sprawling to feel like a college...
Read MoreRiverside has a story worth telling in college admissions circles, and most people haven’t heard it yet. The city is home to the #6-ranked public high school in California. It sits at the edge of one of the fastest-growing research universities in the UC system. It is the largest...
Read MoreRiverside is a city that tends to surprise people unfamiliar with its educational landscape. Anchored by the University of California, Riverside and situated in the heart of the Inland Empire, the city has developed a secondary school ecosystem that extends well beyond what most out-of-area admissions readers expect. Families...
Read MoreFamilies across Riverside and the surrounding Inland Empire know that college admissions have grown more competitive every year. High-achieving students at schools like Martin Luther King High School, Polytechnic High School, Ramona High, Arlington High, and John W. North High often carry strong grades and enroll in multiple AP...
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