Proverbial wisdom has it that even the longest journey begins with a single step, and recently I have spoken with students and parents starting the college process at independent schools in New York ...

Applying to college can be stressful. Our expert contributors advise aspiring undergraduates to make a plan, make a backup plan and even make backups to their backup plans. ByJeffrey Marcus, Assistant ...

With an Internet connection and the click of a mouse, today’s high school student has access to the world of higher education in fingertip reach. A student can walk the grounds of a college campus a ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Mary Frances Ruskell graduated in May from her high school in Columbia, South Carolina. The first round of admissions decisions for Clemson University came out on a December evening, ...

The business of getting into college has increasingly become just that — a business — and the highest payers get the best results. For years, wealthy families have paid private companies thousands of ...

Is the college admissions process fair? That’s been the question of this year’s college admission season, with articles like Suzy Lee Weiss’s Wall Street Journal Op-Ed “To (All) the Colleges That ...

Decision Day had arrived for our oldest kid. The first pancake. The first one out of the nest. The first one headed to college. In truth, on that day I think I was more nervous than my senior. I ...

A massive college cheating scandal made headlines last week when federal prosecutors brought charges against 50 people involved in a scheme in which wealthy parents spent millions to help get their ...

In unprecedented times, great progress can be achieved. Who better to find creative solutions to unimaginable challenges than theater artists? This is exactly what has happened this year as we embark ...

At a recent alumni dinner for my alma mater in Manhattan, a representative of the school welcomed us with these uncomfortable words: “Chances are most of us here would not even be admitted to this ...