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...
Read MoreEssex 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...
Read MoreEssex 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...
Read MoreOne of the Most Competitive Applicant Pools in the Country Arlington County, Virginia sits directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. It covers just 26 square miles. It is also, by almost any measure, one of the most academically intense and college-focused communities in the United States. Median...
Read MoreFamilies across the Atlanta metro, including Alpharetta, Johns Creek, East Cobb, Decatur, Buckhead, Brookhaven, and the western suburbs, often sense that the college admissions process feels unusually intense. They are right. Atlanta is home to an extraordinary concentration of high performing public and private schools. Students have access to...
Read MoreFew counties in the United States carry the same admissions weight as Arlington. It sits across the Potomac from Washington, D.C., it houses the Pentagon, it sends students each year to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, and its residents are among the most credentialed in the...
Read MoreArlington County, Virginia is unlike any other county in America. Covering just 26 square miles, it is the smallest self-governing county in the country. Yet within those 26 square miles sit the Pentagon, Amazon’s national headquarters, one of the densest concentrations of federal contractors in the world, and some...
Read MoreArlington County is one of the most educationally sophisticated communities in the United States. Ranked among the most highly educated counties in the country, with roughly 77% of adults holding a bachelor’s degree or higher, Arlington produces college-bound students who are sophisticated, well-resourced, and intensely competitive. Consequently, families raising...
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