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A Guide to College Choices for the Performing and Visual Arts
by Kavin Buck and Ed Schoenberg
Acceptance
by David L. Marcus
Admissions Confidential
by Rachel Toor
College Prep for Musicians: A Comprehensive Guide for Students, Parents, Teachers, and Counselors
by Annie Bosler, Don Greene, and Kathleen Tesar
Colleges That Change Lives
by Loren Pope
Crazy U
by Andrew Ferguson
Creative Colleges: A Guide for Student Actors, Artists, Dancers, Musicians, and Writers
by Elaina Loveland
Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education
by Nathan D. Grawe
Emotional Intelligence: Why it Can Matter More Than IQ
by Daniel Goleman
Enough As She Is: How to Help Girls Move Beyond Impossible Standards of Success to Live Healthy, Happy, and Fulfilling Lives
by Rachel Simmons
Fiske Guide to Colleges 2020
by Edward Fiske
How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success
by Julie Lythcott-Haims
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
by James W. Loewen
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by Dan Ariely
The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
by Alan Watts
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The College Admissions Mystique
by Bill Mayher
The Gatekeepers
by Jacques Steinber
The New Rules of College Admissions
by Stephen Kramer and Michael London
The Privileged Poor
by Anthony Abraham Jack
The Stressed Years of Their Lives: Helping Your Kid Survive and Thrive During Their College Years
by Janet Hibbs and Anthony Rostain
The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults
by Frances E. Jensen and Amy Ellis Nutt
What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen
by Kate Fagan
Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be
by Frank Bruni
Articles & Reports:
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13 Questions to Ask a College Coach
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A Different Kind of College Prep
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A Disruptive Year in Admissions
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by Sarah D. Sparks
Admissions Have and Have-Nots
by Scott Jaschik
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Admissions to the Major
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Admissions Without Tests
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by Eliza Haverstock
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by Neil Lewis Jr.
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by Brennan Barnard
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by Lauren Watson
Can Turnitin Cure Higher Ed’s AI Fever?
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Can Your College Admissions Offer Be Revoked?
by Cole Claybourn
The Case for the Self-Driven Child
by Gareth Cook
The College Admission Double Standard
by Brennan Barnard
College Admission: Data, Transparency, And Match
by Brennan Barnard
College Admission: One Factor Among Many
by Brennan Barnard
College Admission: Thanks In Advance
by Brennan Barnard
College Admission: Things That Make You Go Hmmm…
by Brennan Barnard
College Admission: This Is Not A Race
by Brennan Barnard
College Admission: Who Knows What?
By Brennan Barnard
College Admission Gets Personal
by Liam Knox
College Admissions Zombies: Ideas That Need to Die
College Applications Are on the Rise: What to Know
by Sarah Wood
College Application Tips for High School Seniors from a College Freshman
by Adam Katcher
College Essay Prompts Get Absurd. 'So Where Is Waldo, Really?'
by Isabelle Sarraf
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by Elizabeth Chang
College Students Have to Learn How to Make Small Talk Again
by Julie Jargon
Colleges that ditched test scores for admissions find it’s harder to be fair in choosing students
by Jill Barshay
Colleges Want to Know More About You and Your ‘Identity’
by Anemona Hartocollis and Colbi Edmonds
Colleges Weigh New Admissions Strategies
by Melissa Korn
Computer Science Students Face a Shrinking Big Tech Job Market
by Natasha Singer and Kalley Huang
Confronting Racism in Admissions
by Elizabeth Redden
Dealing With College Admission Disappointment
by Brennan Barnard
Debunking the Top 5 Myths Surrounding College Admissions
by Samuel Teoh
Does Calculus Count Too Much in Admissions?
by Scott Jaschik
Do ‘Women in STEM’ Programs Violate Title IX?
by Liam Knox
Driven (Away) by Hate?
by Greta Anderson
Early Decision Acceptance Rate Trends: What Changed in 2022-23
by Kristen Moon
Early Decision Continues to Attract Students
by Scott Jaschik
Elite Colleges' Quiet Fight to Favor Alumni Children
by Stephanie Saul
Ethical College Admissions: A Shortcut
by Jim Jump
Ethical College Admissions – Does ‘U.S. News’ Trust, but Not Verify?
by Jim Jump
Ethical College Admissions: ‘I Am Not a Robot’
by Jim Jump
Ethical College Admissions – Would Lottery Admissions Work?
by Jim Jump
The Extra Mile: How Extracurricular Activities Impact College Admissions
by Maggie Roth
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by Stephanie Saul
Fewer Affordable Options for Pell Grant Students
by Katherine Knott
GAO Blasts Colleges on Aid Offers
by Scott Jaschik
Gender Advantages in College Admission
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Handling College Admission Decisions: A Sidecar Parent’s Guide
by Brennan Barnard
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by Rick Seltzer
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by Molly Reinmann
Higher education’s sea change
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How a Gap Year Prepares Students for College
by Cole Claybourn
How Colleges Choose Which Students to Admit
by Cole Claybourn
How Data is Changing the College Experience
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How Do I Pay For College?
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How Making Test Scores Optional Opened the Field
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How to Fight Senioritis and Get to Graduation
by Anayat Durrani
How to Help Teenagers Stay Motivated at School
by Lisa Damour
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by Cole Claybourn
How to Raise an Adult
by Julie Lythcott-Haims
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The Human Side of College Admission
by Brennan Barnard
International Students Return to U.S.
by Liam Knox
List-Making and Loving the Child You Have
by Beth Slattery
The Mad, Mad World of Niche Sports Among Ivy League-Obsessed Parents
by Pelle Cass
Mental Health Is the Top Student Stressor
by Johanna Alonso
The Misguided War on Test Optional
by Akil Bello
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by Melissa Korn
Neurodiversity in College
by TCC
Nuance in the Numbers
by Rick Clark
Opposing Views on the Role of Calculus
by Scott Jaschik
Over 6 in 10 Americans favor leaving race out of college admissions
by Anderson, Barnes, Clement, and Guskin
Questions to Ask Coaches: College Athletic Recruiting
Questions to Ask Your High School Counselor When Applying to College
by Cole Claybourn
Parenting the Disappointed College Applicant
by Brennan Barnard
The Particular Misery of College-Admissions Tiktok
by Jay Caspian Kang
Perceptions of Affordability
by Elizabeth Redden
Prominent colleges see
international
applications surging
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Ratings and Gender Bias Over Time
by Colleen Flaherty
The Reckless Rankings Game
by Akil Bello
The Right Way to Choose a College
by Denise Pope
The SAT is Going Digital and Getting Much Shorter
by Nick Anderson
The SAT is Making a Comeback. Here’s a Look at the Numbers and What They Tell Us
by Ileana Najarr
The SATs Will Be Different Next Year, and That Could be a Game-Changer
by Adam Grant
Shedding Daylight On Control In College Admission
by Brennan Barnard
Six Common College Admissions Myths
by Stacey Colino
Six Easy Ways to Earn MVP on Turkey Day
by Bartley Side
Study of Elite College Admissions Data Suggests Being Very Rich Is Its Own Qualification
by Aatish Bhatia, Claire Cain Miller and Josh Katz
Supplementing Your College Application: Essay Advice From College Admission Leaders
by Brennan Barnard
Support Your Teen During the Final Stretch of the College Admissions Process
by Challenge Success
Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action in admissions could affect California private colleges
by Emma Gallegos
The Surprisingly Profound Power of Thank-You Notes
by Abdullah Shihipar
Taking on ‘U.S. News’?
By Catharine Hill
Testing executives, including College Board, talk future of admissions exams
by Jeremy Bauer-Wolf
‘There Was Definitely a Thumb on the Scale to Get Boys’
by Susan Dominus
This bipartisan Senate duo wants to end legacy college admissions
by Eric McDaniel
To Get Into the Ivy League, ‘Extraordinary’ Isn’t Always Enough These Days
by Douglas Belkin
The Too Long; Didn’t Read Guide to College Admission
by Brennan Barnard
Top Colleges That Still Require Test Scores
by Sarah Wood
The Top U.S. Colleges With the Greatest Economic Diversity
by David Leonhardt and Ashley Wu
Toward a Better Approach to Calculating the ROI of College
by Nick Ducoff
Transition to College – Parent Reads & Resources
Understanding Financial Aid for College: A Guide
by Emma Kerr and Sarah Wood
Universities Revoke Admissions Offers
by Greta Anderson
University of California Sticks with Test-Free Admissions
Variants Fuel Decline in Student Mental Health
by Maria Carrasco
We Used A.I. to Write Essays for Harvard, Yale and Princeton. Here’s How It Went.
by Natasha Singer
What Are the Liberal Arts?
by Scott Jaschik
What College Admissions Offices Really Want
by Paul Tough
What colleges should do to keep degrees from being segregated
by Laura Spitalniak
What Happens Before College Matters
by Madeline St. Amour
What Straight-A Students Get Wrong
by Adam Grant
What to Do While Waiting for College Admission Decisions
by Cole Claybourn
What to Know Before Putting Down a College Enrollment Deposit
by Anayat Durrani
What Will Happen to ‘U.S. News’ Rankings?
by Scott Jaschik
Who Are the International Applicants?
By Scott Jaschik
Who Gets In and Why
by Michael T. Nietzel
Why Are More and More Northern Kids Heading South For College?
By Nicole LaPorte
Why Gratitude Matters in the College Application Process
Why High School Students Don’t Need the SAT Anymore
by Akil Bello and Harry Feder
Why the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action matters
by Elissa Nadworny
Will AI Be Reviewing Your College Application?
By Brennan Barnard
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