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10 Important Essay Editing Tips

Here are 10 valuable tips to incorporate into your editing process to perfect your drafts and submit essays you feel confident about.

How to Prepare for Your College Tour and Visit

In this guide, we're exploring all things college visits! We've gathered exciting tips and actionable information to prepare you for campus tours.

2025 Middlebury Acceptance Rate & How It Affects You

Discover Middlebury’s acceptance rate and other key admissions statistics. We’ll learn what it takes to get admitted to this top Vermont college.

Summer Edge: Activities that Boost your College Apps

Discover key summer activities (from internships to passion projects) that actually impress universities. Don’t let summer slip away!

Top Computer Science Programs for Women

Career opportunities for computer scientists are continuing to thrive. In fact, it's predicted that employment will grow by 11% by 2024. This is faster than the average job growth across all industries. But despite this surge in opportunities, women are still highly underrepresented in the computer science industry.

Worried About Missing a College Deadline? Here’s a List!

With all these different dates coming up, how can you be sure to avoid missing a college deadline?Â

Student Scoop: Claremont McKenna College

As a rising sophomore, I believe that choosing to attend Claremont McKenna College has been one of my best life decisions.

Is Boarding School For You?

As a boarding school graduate, I have shared my own high school experience and some boarding school pros & cons.

School Scoop: Top Bay Area High Schools

These schools possess outstanding academics, and strengths in specific niches. Here are some of our top picks for Bay Area high schools, below.Â

School Scoop: Which Type of High School to Attend?

As a middle schoolers prepare for high school, they face an important choice. What type of high school would be best for them?

How to Get Recruited as a College Athlete

Accepted into elite schools at much higher rates with lower academic requirements?Â So, how does one get recruited as a college athlete?

Student Scoop: Carnegie Mellon

When you fuse the best of those and add a hint of afternoon-bagpipe-playing-in-the-middle-of-campus, the result is profoundly unique: Carnegie Mellon.

College Admissions Trends For 2018

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