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Category: Pre-Application

College Grants and Scholarships: What’s the Difference?

In this article, we're going to investigate one factor that confuses a lot of families: what's the difference between college grants and scholarships?

Bad Reasons to Apply to Colleges

We recently published a detailed guide to how to create your college list. By going through that guide and following its steps, you'll come up with a strong list of schools to apply to covering each of the three basic categories (safety, target, and reach).Â What you may not gather from that guide is that there are some bad reasons to choose or apply to specific schools. Here are some of the most common pitfalls to avoid when deciding where to submit your college applications.

The Best College Rankings Lists

With so many lists out there ranking colleges, you might wonder to yourself which college rankings lists to trust. Certain colleges make it onto these lists over and over again, so it's safe to say that those schools are worth looking at. But what about the colleges that only make certain lists? How did those colleges make the cut, and how much time should you spend considering them?

What if My Dream College Rejects My Application?

Take time to create a satisfactory plan for the chance that a dream college rejects your application. It will be worth the simple reassurance of being prepared.

Everything You Need to Know: Student Aid Report (SAR)

Your college experience can be influenced by financial factors. That's where your student aid report, or SAR, comes into play.

Why Colleges Value Authentic Not Competitive Candidates

After assessing the problem, Empowerly posits that being authentic, not competitive, in college applications may perform better.

Student Spotlight: How I Got Accepted to MIT

Have you ever been curious what kind of person it takes to get accepted to MIT? Let's meet Nanette!

Tips from Columbia University Admissions Officer

In this post, we asked a former Columbia University admissions officer for some helpful college advice for high school students.