鈥淚nnovative and invaluable鈥se this book as your college lifeline.鈥�
— Lynn O'Shaughnessy
Nationally Recognized College Expert
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 15, 2015
Welcome to the fifth installment of 国产第一福利影院草草’ “So you want to be a鈥�” series. Designed to help career-minded high school students think intelligently about their postsecondary journeys, these...
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...
March 21, 2015
Our 鈥淪o you want to be a鈥︹�� series was designed to help career-minded high school students think about the financial, academic, and personal factors one should consider when exploring...
February 19, 2015
“Buridan’s ass” is a well-known (and unfortunately named) philosophical paradox where a famished donkey sits equidistant between two similarly delicious bales of hay and, unable to find a rational...
February 10, 2015
Atlanta, GA鈥斅燭he Georgia State Senate Higher Education Committee held a hearing today to discuss Senate Bill 44 and Michael Trivette was called to testify before the committee.聽Michael offered support...
February 4, 2015
A simplistic view of higher education is that people emerge from four years of college with a specific skill related to their primary area of study: Education majors learn...
January 27, 2015
We鈥檒l save the drama鈥攅ven in an era of bloated tuition costs, ballooning student loan debt, and a weakened American job market, the answer to the general question of whether...
January 19, 2015
Particular adjectives frequently accompany sound bites and headlines on the topic of student loan debt鈥斺�渃rippling,鈥� 鈥渂urdensome,鈥� and 鈥渙verwhelming,鈥� just to name a few. Student loan debt is a 鈥渃risis,鈥�...
December 16, 2014
While honors programs have existed in one form or another since the GI bill first brought an influx of talented but cost-conscious students to public universities in the post-war...
November 24, 2014
Walk into any Starbucks, Barnes and Noble, or public library around the holiday season and at least a few tables will be occupied by teen/middle-age dyads, with the older...
November 14, 2014
Inside Higher Ed, one of higher education鈥檚 leading news outlets, recently conducted a nationwide survey of college admission directors. The newly-released results are shocking, and reveal a profession entirely...
October 14, 2014
Too many students fail to complete optional parts of an application, and severely hinder their admissions prospects in the process. Optional statements demonstrate interest and provide an additional opportunity...
October 6, 2014
In Back to the Future II, Marty McFly travels from 1985 to 2015 and is shocked to learn that a bottle of Pepsi costs $50. With Pepsi bottles sitting...
August 26, 2014
More is better聽 Applicants often feel that more is inherently better when it comes to their application file and proceed to send along everything from editorials penned for the...
August 12, 2014
Two caveats, before we dish out the advice. First, as readers of our blog know, we do not advocate over-focusing on highly selective schools. Yet we also recognize that...
August 6, 2014
When free agent Carmelo Anthony was being heavily recruited by the Los Angeles Lakers, the seven-time NBA all star entered the Staples Center to the ultimate red carpet treatment.聽...
July 30, 2014
In the past few years, and increasing number of selective colleges and universities have adopted test-optional policies, no longer requiring students to submit their standardized test scores.聽 Institutions eliminating...
July 26, 2014
New York, NY鈥斅燗ndrew鈥檚 research continues to make waves in the national media. His study was recently showcased in a CBS Moneywatch article discussing the effects of test-optional admission policies....
July 23, 2014
We frequently receive questions from students and families in reference to PayScale.com鈥檚 new college rankings, which sorts institutions on the basis of a calculated 30-year return on investment (ROI)....
