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It is quite normal for parents and teens to begin their college search without a great deal of a hard data. A top student might be “Blank College” material while a less accomplished teen may be better suited for “Blank State.” These intuitions may be based on the admissions...
Read MoreThe decision-makers at the Common Application have officially announced that the Common App essay prompt menu for the upcoming 2021-22 admissions cycle will be slightly different than in 2020-21. In the opinion of the College Transitions staff, the choice for nothing more than minor tinkering was a wise one....
Read MoreThe University of Virginia issued a press release to celebrate their inclusion in College Transitions’ new guidebook Colleges Worth Your Money as well as their being named Money Magazine‘s second-best-value public university. We are pleased to continue to recommend UVA as being one of the nation’s top higher education...
Read MoreIn the early 1970s, the U.S. auto industry received warnings from economic experts—if they continued on their current path, Japanese car companies would soon put them out of business. Detroit’s Big 3 of GM, Ford, and Chrysler were told that if they remained attached to producing oversized, inefficient American-style...
Read MoreWe were honored to have both of our books—The Enlightened College Applicant and Colleges Worth Your Money included on Road2College’s list of The Best College Guidebooks. The Road2College staff cited Colleges Worth Your Money as helping students to think “ten steps ahead” in the admissions process and praised The Enlightened...
Read MoreFor many teens, the college admissions process has become one of the most stress-inducing experiences of their young lives. For some, the rewards are worth the sacrifice of applying to a dozen of schools, composing countless supplemental essays, and retaking the SATs over and over, hoping that their Superscore...
Read MoreAs an Asian teenager, or parent of one, you’ve likely heard that Asian students are at a disadvantage in the admissions process at elite American colleges and universities. As a first order of business, let’s explore whether that this belief is, in fact, true. Between 2000 and 2015, the...
Read MoreIf you are an American student interested in pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Europe, one of the natural first questions might be: What language will my professors speak? Of course, if you are considering studying in the U.K. & Ireland where 97% of the population speaks English, you have...
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