鈥淚nnovative and invaluable鈥se this book as your college lifeline.鈥�
— Lynn O'Shaughnessy
Nationally Recognized College Expert
May 29, 2026
A five-year data report on admissions, financial aid, and what the application actually requires, 2021 to 2026 Five Years of Yale, in Data Selective college admissions has moved through...
May 22, 2026
Cornell University spent the last five admissions cycles doing something none of its Ivy peers has matched. Three different testing regimes ran at once across its undergraduate divisions, and...
May 21, 2026
Did you know that college enrollment numbers have followed a complicated path over the past 15 years? Total undergraduate enrollment peaked in 2010 at about 18.1 million, declined steadily...
As we continue along in the 2025-26 cycle, the American college admissions process continues to be insanely competitive at the very top. Schools that are considered “elite” and “prestigious”...
If college is an obstacle course, you will have plenty of moments when you’re leaping from rope bridge to rope bridge like a cat and countless others when you’re...
May 20, 2026
If you have ever dreamed of exploring the world at the helm of an airplane, aviation college might be the place for you. At the best aviation colleges, you...
Residents of California are blessed with an embarrassment of public university riches. In addition to the well-regarded University of California (UC) schools, there are an additional 22 universities housed...
If you’ve ever been to a college football game, especially on a campus with a great party scene, then you’ll know how integral the marching band is to the...
May 19, 2026
The University of California (UC) and the California State University (CSU) system schools are some of the most coveted universities to attend in all of California. College-bound California students...
May 18, 2026
What factors do you consider when choosing which university to enroll at? Academics? The Party Scene? Professors? Majors? Campus Safety? Increasingly, students look at the location of a school....
May 17, 2026
In 1950, the University of Pennsylvania charged $600 per year to attend, roughly $7,800 in 2026 money. By 1960, most private institutions charged an annual fee of $1,500-$2,000, which...
May 11, 2026
By now, whether you鈥檝e been told about them at a young age, know someone attending one of them, or just discovered them, my guess is that you鈥檝e heard of...
Depending on your circumstances, the five allotted entries in the Honors section of the Common Application can look like anything from a frighteningly vast and boundless ocean to a...
May 5, 2026
For all of the first-class treatment applicants give to their Common App essay, the Common App Activities Section is all too often relegated to steerage. If antiquated steamship analogies...
April 15, 2026
If you鈥檙e a current high school student who has been diagnosed with ADHD, another form of neurodivergence, or any kind of learning disability (such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, etc.), you...
April 10, 2026
The question sounds simple enough: if I get straight A’s from here on out, what will my GPA be? But the math behind it catches a lot of students...
Your GPA is one of the first numbers a college admissions officer sees on your application 鈥� and one of the most misunderstood numbers in the entire process. Students...
April 9, 2026
You just got your PSAT scores back. Maybe you did better than expected. Maybe you were hoping for more. Either way, the question in your head right now is...
You took one test and your friend took the other. Your college has a scholarship threshold in ACT points. A school you’re researching lists its middle 50% in SAT...
March 27, 2026
A college鈥檚 financial aid offer can sometimes be the difference between a college acceptance feeling like a dream come true or a very rude awakening. But this reality check,...
