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Human nature and probability.

There's a lot of talk about using ChatGPT, as it gets more sophisticated, as a constructive tool. I had a wild thought and asked ChatGPT...

Reflection, personal growth and confidence through 650-word mini memoirs.

One college already costs $100,000 per year; exploring affordability and value.

Prestige and pre-professional degrees are not necessarily guarantees of a future job

There are better ways to spend time in high school than paid research opportunities and "branding" efforts.

You've probably heard about the handful of colleges that have reverted to requiring the SAT or ACT for admission. My friends at Compass...

Understanding teacher recommendations

"The data are in: we are not good at predicting what will make us happy. This is known and documented. So as we watch another class of...

College Kickstart is compiling 2024 application cycle admission rates and links to full reports as colleges make them available. Follow...

The good folks at College Kickstart maintain and update a blog listing each year's admission cycle notification dates and statistics. If...

My good friend and former colleague Sara Purviance of Mindset College Collective shares some good advice on making a low-stress entry...

Our friends at Compass Prep have provided a helpful new guide to making sense of the new digital SAT that replaces paper tests starting...

I couldn't agree more with Brennan Barnard's latest blog post suggesting good habits for those in the college admission cycle this year--...

New terminology, new need-assessment formula, other new details-- and still not quite ready for prime-time for students enrolling in...

This new report from the National Center for Fair and Open Testing looks at the numbers behind test-optional college admission policies....

This podcast conversation with test expert and admission provocateur Akil Bello, admission officers from Pomona and Williams, and the...

Whitney Soule, the wise Dean of Admission at the University of Pennsylvania, offers some valuable thoughts on keeping the pressure off...

Among the many changes to the FAFSA is an increase in the amount of income shielded from the formula that determines how much students...