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A Beautiful County with a Complicated Admissions Picture Marin County sits just north of San Francisco, separated from the city by the Golden Gate. It is defined by redwood ridges, open coastline, and one of the highest per capita incomes of any county in the United States. Its high...

Marin County is one of the wealthiest and most educated counties in the United States. It sits just north of San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge. Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UCSF are all within commuting distance. Its public schools outperform the California average by substantial margins. On paper,...

Marin County is one of the most scenic and affluent communities in the United States, perched between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific. It is also home to some of the strongest public and private secondary schools in California. Families here tend to be highly educated and college-minded, and...

Marin County sits just north of the Golden Gate Bridge, and its reputation precedes it. The county’s median household income is among the highest in the United States. Its public high schools are well-resourced, AP participation rates are strong, and students arrive at the college process having hiked Mount...

A County with Unusual Depth Essex County, Massachusetts is one of the most historically layered places in North America. Encompassing Salem, Gloucester, Ipswich, and more than two dozen other communities, it runs along the North Shore from Lynn and Saugus in the south to Newburyport and Salisbury in the...

Essex County, Massachusetts is not a single place in any meaningful sense. It spans wealthy coastal towns like Manchester-by-the-Sea and Marblehead, academic enclaves like Hamilton and Andover, historic cities like Salem and Newburyport, and struggling urban communities in Lawrence and Lynn. That internal diversity is the most important fact...

Essex County occupies a distinctive place in Massachusetts education. It stretches from Andover and North Andover in the south to Newburyport and the Merrimack Valley in the north, and from the manufacturing cities of Lynn, Salem, and Lawrence along Route 1 to the affluent coastal enclaves of Marblehead and...

Essex County, Massachusetts sits on one of the most historically layered coastlines in the United States. Gloucester, founded in 1623, is the oldest continuously operating fishing port in America. The salt marshes of Ipswich and Newburyport rank among the most ecologically significant on the Eastern Seaboard. Salem’s harbor shaped...