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— Lynn O'Shaughnessy
Nationally Recognized College Expert
August 4, 2025
Any list of the top colleges in the U.S. South will typically start with names like Duke, Vanderbilt, UNC-Chapel Hill, and the University of Virginia. Somewhat hidden toward the...
In 1999, Vanderbilt received under 10,000 applications and sported an acceptance rate of 61%. The turn of the millennium saw annual incremental increases in selectivity that led to the...
Twenty years ago, the University of Wisconsin-Madison was hardly a hot-ticket destination for stellar students from all over the country/world. While always a popular and sound choice for locals,...
Outside of 鈥淓ncourage your ultra-wealthy parents to donate a building鈥� or 鈥淏e a heavily-recruited athlete who also happens to have an SAT score in the 99th percentile,鈥� there is...
NYU has a reputation for world-class academics with an international flair. In fact, the 29,000+ undergraduates situated in Greenwich Village include the highest number of international students of any...
August 1, 2025
If you鈥檙e a working professional looking to expand your career by earning your master鈥檚 in cybersecurity online, you鈥檝e come to the right place. It can be hard to know...
Over 15,000 undergraduate students proudly don the distinctive orange gear associated with Syracuse University, a mid-sized school in Upstate New York. The 鈥楥use received a record 42,000+ applications for...
Fordham University differs from many in its peer group of selective, academically strong schools located in the Northeast who have seen their acceptance rates plummet over the last decade....
July 31, 2025
In today鈥檚 technology-centric and data-driven world, it鈥檚 easy to focus on the hard skills and competencies that you believe your child may need to land college acceptances and job...
Unlike many other public institutions with notable strengths in the areas of business, computer science, and engineering, Virginia Tech鈥檚 acceptance rate does not yet strike fear into the hearts...
Clemson University, a public land-grant institution located in South Carolina, is home to more than 23,000 undergraduate students. After receiving an all-time record of 60,000+ applications in 2024, it...
Emory鈥檚 15% acceptance rate for the Class of 2029 came after they received approximately 37,000 applicants for admission, numbers that have held steady over the past several years. Whether...
Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, has long been a highly selective liberal arts school, but its popularity among top-of-their-class teens has exploded in the last couple of years....
Situated in scenic Addison County, Vermont, Middlebury College is consistently ranked as one of the top 10 liberal arts schools in the United States. While not quite as selective...
July 30, 2025
Families across the Richmond region, from Henrico and Chesterfield to the City of Richmond, know that selective college admission grows more competitive each year. Students at schools like Deep...
Of the eight Ivy League schools, Dartmouth receives the fewest number of applications. There were 28,230 hopefuls for the Class of 2029, around half the number at Columbia or...
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...
Pepperdine University is a rare institution that is ranked by U.S. News as a top 100 school while also having an acceptance rate of just under 63% last year....
July 29, 2025
Oh, to be alive in 1998鈥e watched with childlike naivet茅 as Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa launched home run after home run assisted by their 鈥渢otally natural鈥� superhero muscles,...
July 28, 2025
A permanent fixture on countless 鈥渂est-of-all-time鈥� lists, J.D. Salinger鈥檚 Catcher in the Rye is a book about a teenager that鈥檚 actually for adults. I鈥檓 not claiming that you can鈥檛...
