How to use the College Scorecard’s debt and earnings data to separate colleges that pay off from those that don’t. When families evaluate the cost of college, they tend to focus on the sticker price: tuition, room, board, fees. And when financial aid arrives, the conversation shifts to the...
Read MoreIn the competitive world of legal education, the journey to becoming a lawyer often begins long before the first day of law school. But just how much does your choice of undergraduate institution influence your chances of donning that J.D. cap and gown? While LSAT scores and GPAs undoubtedly...
Read MoreTracing the baccalaureate origins of doctoral recipients reveals a complex landscape where massive public flagships, elite private universities, and tiny liberal arts colleges each play distinctive roles. Analysis of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2015–2024 Every year, roughly 33,000 to 35,000 people in the United...
Read MoreThe same forces reshaping admissions are pulling selective liberal arts colleges in two very different directions Colby College, a small liberal arts school in Waterville, Maine, received 7,593 applications in 2015. By 2024, that number had surged to 19,187—a 153 percent increase that outpaced Harvard, Stanford, and nearly every...
Read MoreIf you’re a current high school student who has been diagnosed with ADHD, another form of neurodivergence, or any kind of learning disability (such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, etc.), you might be wondering if or how that information will impact the college application process. Some common questions we receive from...
Read MoreFor many high schoolers, the approaching horizon of post-graduation has been forcibly stamped with one thing and one thing only: college. As students careen into the latter half of high school, that college noise only gets louder: from friends and classmates trading notes about dream schools, and from parents...
Read MoreThe question sounds simple enough: if I get straight A’s from here on out, what will my GPA be? But the math behind it catches a lot of students off guard. Your GPA is a weighted average of every course you’ve ever taken — and the more credits already...
Read MoreYour GPA is one of the first numbers a college admissions officer sees on your application — and one of the most misunderstood numbers in the entire process. Students confuse weighted and unweighted. They’re not sure whether AP classes count differently. They wonder how one bad semester affects their...
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