Here 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...
Read MoreThe University of Notre Dame has always been a university for high-achieving students. In 1986, the home of the Fighting Irish admitted 43% of applicants. This group, the Class of 1990, sported an average SAT score of 1200; 75% earned a place in the top 10% of their high...
Read MoreSanta Clara University is a mid-sized, private Jesuit institution in California that caters to around 5,900 undergraduate students. Unsurprisingly, given its location, SCU is known for having one of the most beautiful campuses in the country. Fortunately, the academic strength of the school is also quite strong. In particular,...
Read MoreWhen applying to any of the University of California schools, you’ll face a series of supplemental essays in which you are asked to quickly and, with sufficient detail, provide personal insight into who you are as a person. These essays can be confusing to students, who might be used...
Read MoreThe 2024-25 admissions cycle saw the nine undergraduate University of California campuses collectively attract 249,824 applications. While this number was a slight drop from the previous year’s record-high 250,959 applications, it’s still a double-digit increase from four years prior. Logic would suggest that institutions receiving over 173,000 applications (UCLA)...
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