While national acceptance rates decrease or stagnate, odds like these are encouraging more families to turn to consultants.

For students applying to colleges in the fall, that process begins now with three things every rising senior should have in place before the Common Application opens.

Going to college is the next step in many high school graduates’ academic journeys. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that around 62% of recent high school graduates were enrolled in ...

College applications are a family affair and many parents bear financial costs, guide big decisions, and support kids through ...

For students and admissions officers, AI can be a blessing and a curse.

Colleges are using early decision and other tactics to boost yield, making the admissions process more complex for students.

This post was updated Nov. 26 at 10:23 p.m. Take the maximum number of Advanced Placement classes you can fit into your schedule. Be your class president. Get fives on your AP exams. Be a varsity ...

A high school student, meeting for the first time with a college admissions counselor, felt he’d messed up his chances at ever being accepted at a top university because of missteps in his early high ...

For decades, students followed a predictable script when it came time to apply to college — and their outcomes were often just as predictable. That script is now being rewritten. The college ...

As the vice president of academic affairs and a member of the admissions committee at SSP International (SSPI), a nonprofit organization offering immersive scientific experiences, I review hundreds of ...

There’s no doubt that college is expensive. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the cost of obtaining a four-year degree ranges from $27,100 for public institutions to $58,600 ...

Schools are pushing to get commitments from prospective students sooner, adding new early-admission rounds, and using wait lists aggressively.