Inside Look at Stanford University

On your first visit to Stanford University, it can feel a bit like paradise. To learn more, let’s take an inside look at Stanford.
Senior Strategies: What To Do If Waitlisted

If you find out you have been waitlisted, you may feel sad you didn’t make the team. Now, what to do if you get waitlisted? We have a few tasks for you.
7 Tips for Choosing Which Colleges to Visit

College visits are a great way to learn more about a school before you apply—”to let you imagine yourself on campus and get a better sense of whether you feel at home there, something that can be hard to figure out from reading about a place online.Â
Senior Strategies: Emails You Write When Applying to College

What follows here is a list of 3 emails you will likely need to write during this college admissions process.
How to Plan College Visits for Spring Break

Spring break is around the corner and a lot of high school juniors are planning on their college visits over this period. In fact, it is highly suggested by school advisors and admission officers that students use college visits as part of their preparation for application. How can you maximize your college visits?Â
Senior Strategies: Load Up on AP Tests Senior Year?

A common dilemma that each high school senior faces around this time of the year is the final AP testing season. How many AP tests for senior year?
Guides: Visiting Your Admitted Schools

For this trip, plan accordingly. Visiting your admitted schools is an important stage of your transition.
Guides: 3 Big Ways to Save Money While in College

Everyone knows that college isn’t cheap. Other than the staggeringly high tuition costs, most college students also have to worry about purchasing textbooks and materials for classes, paying rent and bills, and other necessities. Worrying about having to save money should not be the focus of your college career. You are there to learn, not to worry about the pennies that remain in your savings account! Although college is expensive, here are ways you can quickly cut down on how much you are paying, and save yourself and your parents a lot of money in the long run.
How I Got Into UC Berkeley

I was a high school student from a suburban town named Sammamish in Washington state. This is the story of how I got into UC Berkeley.