
Why College Essays Are Essential
Why are difficult supplemental essays required by so many top flight colleges in the US? Robert Sternberg tells all!

Why are difficult supplemental essays required by so many top flight colleges in the US? Robert Sternberg tells all!

Dartmouth has the highest rate of participation in study abroad of all the Ivies. But it’s quality that counts (and Dartmouth has that, too!).

Does it help if your mom or dad graduated from the college of your dreams? Yes, it can, as long as you meet the other conditions of admission.

The Common Application is used by more than 400 colleges. Some say the Common App is a huge help in admissions. Others say it causes more problems than it solves….

Zac Bissonnette continues his guest post on our blog by talking about the dangers of thinking of college of an “investment,” and on the perceived perils of choosing the right…

The Chinese are discovering liberal arts colleges…finally. Most Chinese have never heard of Williams, and have little idea about what the liberal arts are all about. But things are changing.

An article in Business Week published last month compared the application numbers from several top-ranked institutions. The majority of the institutions have seen an increase

Who doesn’t love a compliment? Yesterday afternoon I received a nice note from the mother of one of my clients who was accepted early to

An editorial in today’s New York Times is written by a prospective college student, Lauren Edelson, who laments that every college in America is now