This week, about 200,000 applicants to elite colleges will learn the result of their one and only binding early decision bid, ...

A PROMISING START FOR FAFSA — High school seniors for the class of 2026 are getting a jump start on applying for cash for ...

College apps from first-generation students are up across Texas. College advisers in Tarrant County say they’ve seen the same ...

The adolescent health professor explains what students gain from going through the stress of applying to college.

The Arizona Board of Regents’ new College Ready AZ FAFSA Scholarship aims to drive up high school seniors’ completion rate of ...

At top schools, the people who read and vote on applications come from wildly different backgrounds. They are trained admissions officers, faculty members, and deans who evaluate thousands of ...

Students at Lincoln-Way West High School in New Lenox submitted an application last week to form a Club America, the high school affiliate of Turning Point USA, the conservative college ...

But getting into college is in fact becoming easier, with admissions offices trying to entice more applicants from a declining pool of 18-year-olds. They’re creating one-click applications, waiving ...

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A student guide leads families on a tour of Pace University in Pleasantville, New York, which is among colleges and universities streamlining admission. Credit: Emmanuel Guillén Lozano for The ...

In the novel “Treasure Island,” the main characters’ ship gets stuck on a windless ocean, forcing the crew to use rowboats to pull the heavy vessel closer to the titular destination. The Atlantic ...