Spring can be an emotionally challenging time of year for both seniors and their parents, given the anxiety that builds while students are waiting to…
As we approach Spring Break, we hope juniors and sophomores have set up some official college tours. It can make such a difference to tour…
Many universities do not evaluate or admit freshman applicants by major, but some directly admit by major and others consider major in the application process.…
Update (March 15, 2022): California enacted legislation yesterday that will lift UC Berkeley’s enrollment freeze. It looks like this year’s, and potentially next year’s, high…
This post by Ava Slocum was originally published on April 3, 2021. Now that we’ve reached the beginning of April, most high school seniors will…
Featured: California State University, Chico, by MARELBU on Wikimedia Commons, 2015. CC BY 3.0. The University of California (UC) announced in the fall that it…
Featured: Wheeler Hall, UC Berkeley (23 September 2021). Image by Matthew Enger Starting in 2020, many colleges and universities that previously required SAT or ACT…
Featured: Bruce Beasley’s “Rondo II” Sculpture in front of Hearst Memorial Mining Building, UC Berkeley (23 September 2021). Image by Matthew Enger Capstone is wrapping…
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UC San Diego) in 2011, taken from the Birch Aquarium. By Invertzoo on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 Int’l. We thought…
Featured Image: CU Boulder from the air. Courtesy of CU Boulder. CC0 1.0 UPD. For a school year as tumultuous and unpredictable as this one,…