In February, I tallied up where my students applied in Top States For ‘23 Grads? My colleagues across the US are finding similar results....

In 2016, institutions, educators, and individual members began the Character Collaborative initiative to focus on non-academic factors...

Back in late 2019, I shared a NY Times article and wrote a post about an important Department of Justice ruling that impacted standards...

With all the deferrals and delays, many students are just getting started. They're finally getting news from colleges, but there are...

Now that Netflix just dropped the trailer for its new docudrama, “Operation: Varsity Blues,” many of us in the independent education...

The surprising deferrals began two or three years ago. Why would the student with a weighted 3.7 GPA and a 25 ACT gain acceptance to a...

What's different this year? Obviously everything. But I hope to quell some of the anxiety by sharing what I'm seeing with my students and...

The Predictions For most of 2020, conventional wisdom held that applications would be down this year, for a few reasons: In March and...

My colleagues and I are stymied by the number of EA deferrals so far this year, especially for students who would ordinarily be...

Hi Students and Families, Warning: there's a lot to read here, but it's worth the time if you are applying to the most selective...