Today’s reader question comes from Darren in Washington, DC: Question: I’ve wanted to go to Texas for college for a long time, but my mom has recently asked me to consider other states near Texas as ...

Purdue University will release its Early Action (EA) decisions to first-year applicants through each EA applicant’s Purdue Application Portal starting at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, January 12.

University of Arizona’s admissions team has sent a September update to college counselors that is chock-full of news from the Tucson-based public university. In terms of “need to know” information,” ...

So much of what you read, watch, or hear in the media is there to make you feel like it’s impossible to get into Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale without ...

University of Exeter, a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive UK universities, has shared some exciting news for prospective international students: a new scholarship opportunity. The UK ...

Student loan debt is the second-highest household debt category ($1.6 trillion with 45 million borrowers!); only mortgage debt exceeds student loan debt. Still, college graduates annually make about ...

University of Pennsylvania has released its 2023-2024 supplemental essay prompts for first-year applicants. All first-year applicants to Penn will complete several Penn-specific short essays; yet, for ...

Boston University (BU) will be notifying Regular Decisions applicants tomorrow, Saturday, March 25, 2023. According to Kelly A. Walter, BU’s Associate Vice President for Enrollment & Dean of ...

While colleges increasingly emphasize the value of “experiential” or “hands-on” learning within their own communities, high school students are discovering real benefits in setting aside time during ...

Yale announced early this year that it would return to being a test-required institution for first-year applicants during the 2024-2025 admissions cycle, so it should come as no surprise that Yale ...

Lots of students talk a good game when it comes to caring for the environment, but not nearly as many put their words into action. This summer, there’s a pre-college program that will help students do ...

Today’s reader question comes from Alex in Sarasota, Florida. Question: I have the opportunity to attend Stanford or Rice, and at either school I will be playing a sport that I love and have devoted ...