For the 2013-2014 application cycle, 39 more colleges will join the Common Application. This brings the total Common App college count to 527 colleges and universities in 47 states and 7 countries other than the United States. In addition to the 446 private colleges and universities on the Common Application, there are also 81 public […]
Community Service Award
If finding and attending a college with plenty of opportunities for community-service and service-learning is important to you, you will be interested to look at the colleges and universities listed on the 2012 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. Five Presidential Award winning colleges and fourteen Honor Roll Finalists were honored today by […]
Social Justice and Entrepreneurship
We know that many of the students we work with participate in community service and social justice projects in high school. With the pressure to gain acceptance to a selective or highly selective college continually increasing, community service might feel like a requirement sometimes. When you get to college, however, community service and social justice […]
Common Application Shut Down 2014
The Common Application will be temporarily shutting down on July 23. At that time, all existing Common Application accounts and personal information will be erased. The Common Application will then re-open on August 1 for the 2014-2015 application cycle. In anticipation of the shut-down, if you already have an account and plan to apply this […]
Major Changes to the SAT, How Will They Affect Me?
The College Board is making some major changes to the SAT in the next couple of years. The changes are most relevant to students currently in ninth grade, or younger. Here’s what you need to know about the “new” SAT. The changes will go into effect in the spring of 2016. That means this won’t […]
Common Application Statistics
Given the popularity of the Common Application, we thought you might be interested in knowing a bit more about what those last hours before the big January 1 deadline are like over at the Common App. Here are some statistics for this application cycle. 1) In the last 72 hours of 2012, from December 30 […]
Geology
Few people have the opportunity to travel to Antarctica, and it is certainly not among the study abroad destinations at most colleges, but if you go to Hamilton College, you just might get that chance. Associate Professor of Biology at Hamilton College, accompanied by 1 alumna and 3 students, have recently embarked on a […]
Changes to the MCAT Exam
Changes to the MCAT Exam For the first time in more than 20 years, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), which administers the MCAT exam, has approved changes to the test that will take effect in 2015. Any student considering medical school in the next few years should be aware of these changes, as […]