By Mary Hilliard September 20, 2017 (HER CAMPUS) — The very phrase “college admissions process” can send high schoolers into a spiral of stress, anxiety and uncertainty. It’s a daunting concept, and on top of getting the grades and being involved in extracurriculars to get into your dream school, you still have to jump through […]

By Margeaux Biché February 25, 2018 (HER CAMPUS) — Recommendation letters might not seem like a very crucial part of your whole college application, but they say something about you that a school might not be able to get from your own essays, grades or extracurricular background. After all, your teachers and mentors are in […]

By Shereen Jeyakumar April 7, 2018 (HER CAMPUS) — It’s finally over. After weeks of debating with your parents and constantly listing pros and cons of colleges in your head, you’ve finally made a decision. It’s not easy to choose where you’ll be spending the next four years of your life, so give yourself a […]

By Nicole Hui April 21, 2018 (HER CAMPUS) — You’ve worked super hard and your stress levels has gone off the charts. Then finally, it arrives. Your admission letter is finally here. And you have been accepted! Congrats, pre-collegiette! You may think your work is done, your future is secured and it’s time to finally […]

By Sierra Knoch May 2, 2018 (HER CAMPUS) — So you’ve spent months anxiously awaiting your acceptance letters. You finally receive them and, surprise! You got into both of your dream schools! Once you’re over the initial shock of the good news, it’s time to decide. While going to two schools at once might sound fun, […]

By Melissa Dittmann Tracey Sept 1, 2006 (COLLEGEBOUND.NET) — What you do on MySpace doesn’t always stay on MySpace. At least that’s the lesson high school students across the country are learning. Recent news of teachers and administrators snooping online postings of current and potential students is rampant and justifiably so, considering the consequences. When […]

Mar 23, 2006 (BOSTON GLOBE) — Lila and Andrew Zoghbi are bored five days a week in classes at Chiles High School. It’s not that they are slackers. In fact, they are honor students with high ambitions. Lila, 15, plans to be an engineer, and her brother, 17, wants to design video games. The problem, […]

By Katherine Landergan Mar 30, 2013 (BOSTON GLOBE) — The odds of getting into an Ivy League school — always long — have gotten longer still. On Thursday evening, as 35,023 applicants waited anxiously, Harvard sent out letters and e-mails offering 2,029 of them coveted spots in the class of 2017, college officials said. That’s […]