ACT vs. SAT: Which Test Is For You?
What if you are not projected to score high on the SAT? Should you consider taking the ACT instead?
Freshmen Tell All: Reflections on Their First Semester
From roommate issues to homesickness to course load; the first semester of college presents many challenges. We asked first-year students home for winter break how their first few months wen
Read MoreHighlights of a Weekend in Philadelphia: Where to Stay, Eat, and the Best Things to Do in the City of Brotherly Love
Philadelphia: an exciting destination with world-class art, a red hot food scene, and historical sights that remind us, in these stressful political times the essence of who we are as Americans and the lofty aspirations of our founding fathers.
Read MoreA Rising College Freshman's Tips on Travel Planning
Siahra Castillo, one of our Daytripper Ambassadors, is a self-described travel junkie and a girl after our own hearts. Here she discusses the excitement of planning her families trips and tours and the serendipity of unexpected discoveries.
Read MoreChoose AP Classes Wisely: They May-Or May Not-Help in College Admissions
Motivated high school students have difficult choices when planning their class schedules for the next academic year.
Read MoreHow Do You Look at a College’s Alumni Network?
Alumni are not only a school’s most important asset; they are also its most unique one.
Read MoreCollege Touring Tip Sheet
We asked members of our Facebook college-touring group “What are the top three things you look for when touring a college?
Read MoreStudy Abroad:Salamanca
Salamanca is well known throughout Spain as "The Golden City" thanks to its honey-colored sandstone, magnificent architecture, elegant streets, and delicious cuisine.
Read MoreOvercoming Being Waitlisted, Deferred and Rejected
Anna Vera is one of the most impressive students we’ve met, top of her class at Leaders High School, a NYC Outward Bound School, and a first-generation college student; she applied to and looked like a perfect fit for many of the top schools. Unfortunately, Anna got waitlisted, deferred or rejected at many of her dream schools.
Read MoreTips for Your Winter Campus Visits
Are you planning any college tours in cold weather locales for November, early December or after the New Year? If you are its essential to be prepared, as often the weather might not be your best friend.
Read MoreOur London Cheat Sheet →
Whether you’re visiting your child abroad or planning a quick getaway trip, here are our quick “answers” to all those inquiring calls.
Read MoreA High School Senior's Tips On Maximizing Your College Visits
Visiting campuses is one of the best ways to decide whether a college or university is right for you. Tours, however, can be time-consuming, costly, and inconvenient, so it is crucial to make the most of these visits. Here are my favorite tips and thoughts on how to maximize your tours, information sessions, and open houses.
Read MoreSix True ‘College Football Schools’
College football dominance meaning that college football has the limelight during the season, resilience meaning that the team draws well, no matter their record.
Read MoreSilent Voices
This essay got this student into Vanderbilt
Read MoreThree Days, Three Tours—Visiting Schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and How We Did It
Three days, Three tours—Visiting Schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and How We Did It
Read MoreFive College Towns Where Entrepreneurship Works
For a college town to be an effective hub for future entrepreneurs, it should not only offer academic opportunities; it should also be a place where adults, once they're no longer students, will never tire of living in.
Read MoreThe Inside Scoop On How I Plan a Trip
Whether you’re mapping out your college tours or designing a family vacation, here is my roadmap, my sources for how I plan my trips.
Read MoreMean Girls and the College Search
Budding Broadway actors don't need to go to school in NYC to "make it" on Broadway. There are programs all over the country that prepare you for a successful theater career.
Read MoreIf You Like College Towns, But Don’t Like Large Colleges: Part 2
What if you want to go to college where one school has a vibrant college town all to itself?
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