Olivier Knox is the son of college professors and worked in admissions as a student at his dream school. He has a 100% success rate guiding the next generation of applicants into their first-choice ...

In the high-stakes world of college admissions, your application essay is your superpower. While grades and test scores show your accomplishments, your essay is the one place you can speak directly to ...

Sixteen colleges and universities in Massachusetts now proactively offer admission to students. The admissions tactic, also known as direct admissions, offers admission to students through The Common ...

Everything is soooo different now than when we went to college in the ‘90s and ‘00s. From the Common App (yay!) to terrifyingly tiny acceptance rates (boo!), so much about the application process has ...

As AI makes essays unreliable, colleges are asking for video essays. But does this just give rich kids another leg up?

As the new school year approaches, counselors at Oyster Bay High School hosted a Common App Bootcamp in the school library to give seniors a head start on college applications. The Common Application, ...

Every year, millions of high school students throw themselves into the circus of college admissions. They chase grades, pad their resume with extracurriculars, and try to sculpt themselves into the ...

Over the summer, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School implemented significant updates to its guidelines for the recruitment processes of university-affiliated clubs. This follows years of ...

Proposed legislation seeks to make the college application process more fair for high school students, advocates say, since most colleges offer students the option of not providing test scores.

The Connecticut Automatic Admission Program is open to all graduating in-state high school seniors with a 3.0 weighted GPA or 2.75 unweighted GPA or better.