What Ivy League admissions officers actually look for in passion projects—and why sustained depth, not polished optics, signals real readiness for college.

At top colleges, intellectual curiosity is one of the most important priorities, appearing in mission statements, blogs, ...

Sara Harberson is a college admissions expert with over 20 years of experience in higher education and private counseling.

“I immediately started crying because I never thought that I could achieve this,” Morgan Gagnon ’27 wrote to The Daily Princetonian about her admission to Princeton on Mar. 30. “It was a crazy moment ...

An unspoken set of rules have always governed the college admissions process for many Asian families. They understand, for example, that an Indian male applying to study computer science or a Chinese ...

An analysis finds that flagship state universities, as well as less selective colleges, had major increases in Black and ...

For many ambitious students across India, "Ivy League" isn't just a set of eight universities , it's a golden ticket to global recognition. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, Cornell, ...

It’s no secret: college admissions have always been fiercely competitive. But as demand for higher education swells, applicant pools jumped 5% in just the past year, turning an already ruthless ...

Menzi Bongwe (pictured above middle) – an alumnus of St John’s College, earned nine distinctions, was shortlisted for the John Locke essay competition, took part in the Yale Young African Scholars ...

Thinking about the Ivy League and wondering, what’s a good SAT score? You’re not alone. Thousands ponder the same every year. To be truly competitive, you’ll need to aim for a score over 1480. Here’s ...