鈥淚nnovative and invaluable鈥se this book as your college lifeline.鈥�
— Lynn O'Shaughnessy
Nationally Recognized College Expert
January 21, 2020
Welcome to 国产第一福利影院草草鈥� first look at early round acceptance rates at Ivy League and other highly-selective colleges and universities for the 2019-20 cycle. As of this posting in...
March 18, 2019
In the wake of the instantly infamous聽Varsity Blues scandal, our admissions consulting firm, 国产第一福利影院草草, has received a flood of interview requests from media outlets along with countless queries...
January 15, 2019
If it ain鈥檛 broke, don鈥檛 fix it. This well-worn idiom captures the mindset of the decision-makers at the Common Application who announced this January that the essay prompts for...
January 1, 2019
For even the most academically gifted teen, the prospect of getting into an Ivy League or Ivy-caliber college is a tenuous proposition. In 2018, acceptance rates at the eight...
May 17, 2018
The results from the 2017-18 admissions cycle are still rolling in, but the data available thus far sends one very clear message鈥攁cceptance rates at highly-selective colleges are dwindling. Ivy...
March 26, 2018
鈥淗olistic admissions, applications rise, demonstrated interest, SAT goodbyes鈥︹�� There are enough hot-button issues taking center stage in the admissions world in 2018 to add a verse to Billy Joel鈥檚...
June 15, 2017
Let鈥檚 play a game akin to the Guess your Age/Weight booth at a local county fair. If we鈥檙e wrong, you get the cheaply-made stuffed animal of your choice. Ready?...
April 17, 2017
Flowers blooming, the crack (or ping) of the baseball bat, the storing away of sweaters and jeans and the end of hibernation for piles of t-shirts and shorts鈥擜pril is...
March 29, 2017
After battling through the epic journey of the college application process, with all its emotional twists and turns, the torturous anticipation, the potential heaven of acceptance or hell of...
March 5, 2017
At risk of sounding like famed 60 Minutes resident curmudgeon, Andy Rooney, the world has changed drastically in so many ways since 1986鈥攍andlines have been replaced by cell phones,...
December 15, 2016
You likely vowed to start planning for your son or daughter鈥檚 education back when he/she was only a baby. Your intention was to open up a 529 Plan and...
October 7, 2016
When we learn about Civics and Government in 8th grade, we are presented with the high-minded ideals of democracy鈥攖he Bill of Rights, our masterfully designed system of checks and...
September 27, 2016
The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is generally understood by applicants and their families to be the most important step in financing a college education. Using a...
April 8, 2016
November 11, 2015
In the early 1970s the U.S. auto industry received warnings from economic experts鈥攊f they continued to focus on the wrong thing, Japanese car companies would soon put them out...
September 1, 2015
As private college counselors, we are well-versed in the criticisms of school-based counseling.聽 Unavailable, inexperienced, misinformed鈥攖hese are the words that some within our industry often use to describe the...
June 18, 2015
For many students and their families, attending a liberal arts college sounds like an expensive proposition. After all, liberal arts schools are known for their small class size, available...
May 19, 2015
Pursuing your entire undergraduate degree abroad may sound like an extravagance reserved for the jet-setting upper-class, yet going to college in a foreign country can actually make excellent economic...
May 1, 2015
We begin with an analogy. Three racehorses: Cream of the Crop, Above Average, and Run of the Mill are selected by three trainers of varying quality to prepare for...
April 7, 2015
An iconic year, even by the standards of its iconic decade, 1969 teems with momentous events in America鈥檚 cultural history: the moon landing, Woodstock, the Amazin鈥� Mets, and the...
