Last week, I joined a virtual webinar led by Ethan Sawyer, The College Essay Guy, and Tillie Gottlieb, a senior college ...

College admissions departments are tasked with choosing the best applicants for their schools based on a limited amount of information. To narrow down the pool of submissions, many colleges have ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brennan Barnard writes about the nuances of college admission. Emily Pacheco is an assistant director of admission at Loyola ...

About the Podcast College Admissions Insider is co-hosted by Thames and Becca Haupt Aldredge, associate dean of admissions for campus visits & communications. Together, they lead conversations with ...

Starting in freshman year, students should strategically plan their coursework, extracurriculars, and standardized testing to maximize college application success. Early planning of high school ...

Begin writing your college application well in advance of its deadline to help alleviate pressure on yourself and improve the quality of your final draft. (Getty Images) Much like articulating the ...

Recent spikes in Dartmouth’s application numbers from a test-optional policy have plateaued in the current cycle.

College applications are open for the fall 2025 term, and deadlines are looming. California’s two public university systems — the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) — ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Kathy Cabrera Guaman not only survived the nail-biting process of applying to college; she got into three. But the celebrations were short-lived. Now she was sitting somberly and ...

Elite colleges are favoring applicants with real-world professional experience, as it helps boost post-grad employment ...

When Class of 2022 alumna Rachel Lee first opened her Harvard University acceptance letter in December 2021 through an online portal, she was greeted by the word, “Congratulations!” in bold text.

If it's been a while since you went to college and you are now back in the application process with a child of your own, you might be surprised at how the college admissions landscape has changed.