Most parents get stressed about the college admissions process. I include myself in that group—three times—but if you don’t believe me read this Op-ed from t...

Most high school juniors just took the PSAT. The results will be out on December 9, 10, or 11, depending on the state in which you took the test. When they’r...

You likely remember the work (and the stress) of college admissions: visiting schools, taking standardized tests, filling out applications and financial aid ...

Here are our favorite, trusted sources to help you make the most of your time pre-PSAT and between tests to address general and specific test challenges. You...

Are you working on your essay this summer? Every admissions professional, every admissions book, every guidance counselor gives the same advice: it needs to ...

In this video, you'll learn an easy strategy that can help you answer "big picture" questions (What is the main purpose/central claim/main theme or point?) m...

Most rising seniors think their job right now is to find the schools they want to apply to in the fall. The more ambitious ones might be writing application ...

It’s easy to play the contest game. The media continue to inundate us with college rankings, the record numbers of applications, and the increasing selectivi...

Many students and their parents are using this summer to work on a list of schools to visit and/or apply to in the fall (we’ll talk about why not to visit in...

Picture this: it’s late at night, and an admissions officer is at home, still working. In front of her are two stacks of paper. The one to her left, the shor...

Thousands of students across the country will take the PSAT in the next couple of weeks, and most of them will take it “cold.” That means they have no prior ...