Kate Stone, founder of Kate Stone Prep, says that not all extracurricular activities are created equal. "Anything that ...

Highly-ranked programs for specific fields, like business or engineering, exist at universities with higher acceptance rates.

Going to college is the next step in many high school graduates’ academic journeys. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that around 62% of recent high school graduates were enrolled in ...

Applicants are not supposed to use AI to write college essays. But colleges are using AI to help assess applications. At ...

This post was updated Nov. 26 at 10:23 p.m. Take the maximum number of Advanced Placement classes you can fit into your schedule. Be your class president. Get fives on your AP exams. Be a varsity ...

With non-stop headlines about falling admission rates and rising tuition costs, it’s easy for families of high school students to stress out about applying to college. Lindsay Tanne, founder and CEO ...

It can be difficult for you to separate yourself from your candidacy in selective admission pools. You might wonder: “What ...

Sharply restricting how schools consider race will spark change and uncertainty. Thursday's decision by the Supreme Court ends affirmative action in higher education as we know it, even as it allows ...

As the vice president of academic affairs and a member of the admissions committee at SSP International (SSPI), a nonprofit organization offering immersive scientific experiences, I review hundreds of ...

Last spring, the University of Austin in Texas, declaring the college admissions system “biased,” “broken” and “unjust,” ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Mary Frances Ruskell graduated in May from her high school in Columbia, South Carolina. The first round of admissions decisions for Clemson University came out on a December evening, ...

There’s no doubt that college is expensive. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the cost of obtaining a four-year degree ranges from $27,100 for public institutions to $58,600 ...