Houston, Texas, is home to one of the nation’s finest private research institutions—Rice University. No matter how you measure Rice’s performance, this school of roughly 4,500 undergraduates comes out shining bright. The university is consistently ranked in the top 20 among all universities and is known for its exceptional...
Read MoreDavidson College is a highly ranked, North Carolina-based liberal arts college. And, yes, NBA legend Steph Curry is an alum. It is one of the very best such institutions in the Southern United States; many comparable highly selective liberal arts schools are situated in the Northeast (Colby, Colgate, Wesleyan,...
Read MoreWesleyan University is a top 20 liberal arts school that has never been afraid to do things their way. Situated in Middletown, Connecticut, Wesleyan is slightly larger than many of its peers with 2,800+ undergraduates. It also places a great deal of emphasis on intellectual exploration, creativity, and interdisciplinary...
Read MoreWe get it: people want to improve their SAT or ACT score as much as possible. That’s why there’s a ton of advice online about how to improve your SAT or ACT score. The thing is, what’s often missing from a discussion of How to Improve Your SAT Score...
Read MoreHere at College Transitions, we encourage you to use critical thinking, a crucial skill for success in college and beyond. That’s why, before we begin our list of the best chiropractic schools in America, we want to acknowledge the fact that the profession is not without its skeptics. Several...
Read MoreApplicants to the Brown Class of 2029 were greeted with a 5.6% acceptance rate, similar to the year prior. Given that 19 of every 20 applicants are turned away–even many valedictorians with perfect test scores–aspiring Brown undergrads need to find a way to stand out from a pack of...
Read MoreLike many other elite private colleges, Johns Hopkins University has fared quite well in higher education’s selectivity arms race since the start of the present millennium. As the Baltimore Sun reported back in 1996, the school received an all-time record of 8,503 applicants for a spot in the Class...
Read MoreMove over, Our Town, and good night, A Midsummer Night. The past decade has seen an explosion of popularity of contemporary musicals– musicals written in the 1990s-2010s. That’s why for this year’s list of best musicals for high schools (check out our last blog post here), we’ve decided to...
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