For students who are still muddling through the “I don’t know” phase of articulating what makes them tick, college ...

USC only introduced its Early Action (EA) program for first-year applicants during the 2022-2023 admissions cycle; yet, it will soon formally announce that it is introducing Early Decision for certain ...

University of Miami has officially removed its supplemental essay for the 2026-2027 admissions cycle. Students will now only submit the main Common App essay. This is part of a growing trend among ...

Purdue University will release its Early Action (EA) decisions to first-year applicants through each EA applicant’s Purdue Application Portal starting at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, January 12.

This admissions cycle, Purdue University received more than 63,000 applications by its November 1 Early Action deadline, which is an increase of nearly 8,000 applicants from just last year. This ...

A fully funded college fly-in program, like the one Amherst offers, is relatively rare. Less than 75 colleges in the US currently offer them. Such a fly-in is an all-expenses-paid campus visit ...

Yale is the second Ivy League college to officially release its 2023-2024 supplemental essay prompts for first-year applicants. Dartmouth released its supplemental prompts earlier this month. As most ...

Psychology consistently ranks as one of the most popular college majors, with thousands of students worldwide choosing it each year. Its appeal lies in its relevance to understanding human behavior ...

Joining a growing number of colleges and universities, James Madison University (JMU) will be rolling out a test-optional admissions policy for 2017-18. Students seeking admission will no longer be ...

Today’s reader question comes from Darren in Washington, DC: Question: I’ve wanted to go to Texas for college for a long time, but my mom has recently asked me to consider other states near Texas as ...

Yale announced early this year that it would return to being a test-required institution for first-year applicants during the 2024-2025 admissions cycle, so it should come as no surprise that Yale ...

University of Pennsylvania has released its 2023-2024 supplemental essay prompts for first-year applicants. All first-year applicants to Penn will complete several Penn-specific short essays; yet, for ...