What makes a great college essay? It's more art than science, but these essay examples can give you a sense of what makes a good essay. Starting your college admissions essay can feel like a ...

College Decision Day marks the end of a long and challenging process for students and families who have spent weeks, months, and even years preparing for and applying to college. And with College ...

Is it true that my daughter is less likely to get merit scholarships if she applies Early Decision (ED)? I know schools use merit money as a way to entice students to attend, and if we apply ED, we ...

I read your Ask the Dean answer about appealing AP scores, but that was from when multiple choice questions were on the test. This year, there were no multiple choice options, only free response-short ...

If you're like most students, you're applying to more than one college, and tracking your applications, rec letters, transcripts, test scores, interviews and everything else can be a challenge. To ...

Question: My son got an invitation to join the National Society of High School Scholars. My wife and I didn't have him join Duke TIP because we didn't know what opportunities it would really give him, ...

AP scores release this week, and with them overall score reports. Trevor Packer, the Head of the Advanced Placement Program, went on Twitter to share the details of this year’s AP score distributions.

Question: When I was in 9th grade, I had a rough year, earning mostly C's and D's, and was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. My school and I ruled that taking a language freshman year played a major ...

The College Confidential discussion forums use many acronyms and abbreviations. What do they all mean? Here is a list of the most widely used phrases that have been aggregated by our users. If you ...

Paying for college can be overwhelming—especially if your financial aid package didn’t turn out the way you hoped. You may have already considered picking up extra shifts, getting a job, or taking out ...

Question: I am a parent who happens to also be a school guidance counselor in a middle school. My question is this... If a student takes high school classes in middle school, such as a foreign ...

Question: How can you find out which colleges have curfews? The majority of colleges don't impose curfews anymore although some still do. Curfews are most typically found at military academies (e.g., ...