Elite schools are asking applicants how they handled disagreements. “We are looking for students who want to be bridge ...

Here are answers to some common questions veterans ask about applying to college. Can I get college credit for military training or for college classes I've already taken? This depends on several ...

One applicant wrote his entire essay as a forensic analysis of the random items in his backpack. Gum wrappers, crumpled notes ...

Rick Clark is Executive Director of Strategic Student Access at Georgia Institute of Technology where he was previously ...

Direct admissions is not offered at every college. Eligibility varies by school, state initiative or company. Direct admissions can introduce students to schools not on their radar. Applying to ...

At top schools, the people who read and vote on applications come from wildly different backgrounds. They are trained admissions officers, faculty members, and deans who evaluate thousands of ...

But getting into college is in fact becoming easier, with admissions offices trying to entice more applicants from a ...

The college application process can be dizzying. High school students have long sought advice from family members and school ...

Panicky teenagers continue to apply to a growing number of colleges and universities even though their fears of getting rejection letters are overblown. That is one of the big take-home messages of a ...

Where do we start? This is the question on the minds of students, their families, and other supporters who are just beginning the college search and application experience. There is certainly no ...

Are today’s young people hopelessly mired, as pundits and researchers claim, in a selfish, achievement-obsessed culture? And is the college admissions process—commonly assailed for creating an arms ...

Like fingernails on a chalkboard, the beginning of August is typically marked by ads for “Back to School” sales. As an educator, it is the time when I often start to gripe about the commercialization ...