To celebrate our amazing community, we’re launching the My Future, My Choice Scholarship Giveaway! We’re giving away $1,000 to one lucky winner – no essay required! Simply let us know if you had the ...

Is it true that my daughter is less likely to get merit scholarships if she applies Early Decision (ED)? I know schools use merit money as a way to entice students to attend, and if we apply ED, we ...

So here's the deal: You're applying to at least one college that superscores, and your superscore happens to be pretty great. But you aren't so happy about your individual test scores on the SAT or ...

You’ve probably read a sample college essay before. Applicants are bombarded with “essays that worked”—in purpose-built essay collections, English class, and even the newspaper." These essay examples ...

Graduation season has arrived, and with it an influx of commencement speeches. Over the years, many accomplished authors, artists, inventors, and other great professionals have delivered famous ...

What makes a great college essay? It's more art than science, but these essay examples can give you a sense of what makes a good essay. Starting your college admissions essay can feel like a ...

When it comes to reviewing the activities list portion of the application, admissions committees can seem a bit like Goldilocks: too few activities might indicate you haven't been engaged enough, and ...

AP scores release this week, and with them overall score reports. Trevor Packer, the Head of the Advanced Placement Program, went on Twitter to share the details of this year’s AP score distributions.

California has joined seven other states in implementing a policy that makes it mandatory for all graduating high school seniors to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) unless ...

Question: If I commit to a college and then take a gap year, can I still apply to other schools? I got denied or waitlisted at all my top universities.So now I am deciding between Boston College and ...

If you're like most students, you're applying to more than one college, and tracking your applications, rec letters, transcripts, test scores, interviews and everything else can be a challenge. To ...

I read your Ask the Dean answer about appealing AP scores, but that was from when multiple choice questions were on the test. This year, there were no multiple choice options, only free response-short ...