It seems like an innocuous question -- What are you carrying in your backpack? But on some campuses, you or a fellow student may be...

Like college counselors everywhere, I have done my share of ranting against the US News college rankings. The US News algorithm measures...

Located in a beautiful suburban setting only a half-hour train ride from Grand Central Station, Sarah Lawrence College offers an...

Abigail Fisher is having the unusual experience of a second appearance before the nation's highest tribunal, the Supreme Court. She is...

In years past, a student could assess his chances of admission to a certain college by comparing his class rank and test scores against...

Over the last few years, the media has been full of accounts of students who take on huge loan commitments to complete college – students...

Every fall, Beloit College in Wisconsin pubishes its "Mindset" list for current freshmen, and in the process reminds those of us over 30...

The new college season officially opens today with the activation of the Common Application for 2016 admissions. Here are a few things...

Years ago we applied to college using paper forms, a typewriter, #10 envelopes and snail mail. Today’s applicants have no problems...

High school students are often painfully and intimately familiar with the methods their high schools use to calculate GPA. At times,...