Balancing Academics & Extracurricular The journey to college can be demanding and exhilarating. While your academic performance is undoubtedly a crucial factor in college admissions, your extracurricular activities can play an equally significant role. Balancing these two aspects of your life is essential for your
The United Kingdom is the country with the second highest number of universities in the QS World University Rankings top 100, only beaten by the United States. It is then perhaps no surprise the UK also has the second highest number of international students that apply to its universities every year. Any prospective student will find out that UCAS plays a central role in their application to college so this article will provide you with an introduction to this organisation.
Top 10 Hardest Colleges to Get Into In its 2025 ranking of the hardest colleges to get into in the U.S., Niche highlights institutions with the lowest acceptance rates. Based on data from the U.S. Department of Education, this year’s list emphasizes acceptance rates,
What are Applicants stressing about? The Princeton Review’s 2025 College Hopes & Worries Survey, conducted in early 2025, offers a glimpse into the aspirations and concerns of college applicants and their parents. The number of respondents who participated in the survey was 9,317. This
One of the most common questions that college counsellors are asked is “How do I get accepted by ????? University?” There is not a straightforward answer, each college or university in the USA will have their own peculiarities in what they are looking for, but there are some things that are common across just about all of them.
If you look on the websites you will often find something about how they make their admissions decisions, schools may rank them differently in order of importance but in this article I share some of the key qualities that colleges and universities will look for in your application.
Can you imagine sitting in a college class you did not know you signed up for? In case you wish to avoid such blunders, one of the key aspects to understand when exploring colleges is the type of curriculum you would be studying right from the first day of your college journey. Remember that understanding what the curriculum at a specific university offers needs to be the priority in your college search process.
Five Steps to Admissions Reform UCAS supports nearly 1.5 million students from 200 countries around the world to apply to higher education in the UK. Over the past three years, UCAS has been working to develop and deliver new improvements to provide a more flexible
When you are building your college list you will often come across people recommending that you have a mix of reach, target and safety schools in your list. What you are less likely to find is a description of how you can decide which colleges fit into which category, so that is what I am going to do with this blog.
2025 Higher Education Trends The U.S. higher education landscape is undergoing significant transformations. Declining enrollments, financial constraints, and urgency to adapt to technological advancements are the challenges faced by Institutions. Deloitte’s recent report, “2025 Higher Education Trends,” provides valuable insights into these developments. Using the
The Summer Science Program (SSP) is a non-profit organization that provides hands-on research experience to high school seniors. It is one of the oldest pre-college enrichment programs that is run and supported by its alumni.
The Yale Summer Program in Astrophysics (YSPA) is a research and enrichment program hosted at Yale’s Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium (LFOP) for 36 rising high school seniors. YSPA students learn practical skills in computer programming, data analysis, statistics, writing, and other research methods.
Entering a new year at school can be daunting, especially if it is high school. While ‘High School’ is a term synonymous with an overload of academics for most students, it is also a turning point for exploring your interests and career choices through extracurricular activities. That is why it is important for you to plan your approach to the new school year.
The Rise of the New Ivies The March issue of Forbes has published an article, “The New Ivies 2025: 20 Great Colleges Employers Love.” The Forbes list reassesses America’s higher education institutions’ hierarchy. There are the traditional Ivy League institutions like Harvard, Yale, and Princeton
These first few months of the school year are busy, busy, busy! For those entering their freshman year/Grade 9 it can be a new start to their learning while for those entering their senior year, it can very much feel like the beginning of the end. Whether you are in Grade 9, 10, 11 or 12, there is lots to be doing to help you prepare for college and in this article, I’m going to give you some pointers to help keep you on track.
Acceptance Rates of Colleges at a Glance- Class of 2029 Introduction The 2025 college admissions cycle has seen both record-breaking application numbers and historically low acceptance rates across top universities in the U.S. While some institutions experienced an increase in acceptance rates, others became even
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