The 2025-2026 Common Application Essay prompts have been released. There are no changes. I really wish they would change them. Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete...

Everything in life is cyclical. In the 1970's, slim boot-cut style jeans with a tapered knee and a wide leg that pooled at the shoe were everywhere. Then during the halftime show at Super Bowl LIX, Kendrick Lamar brought that back big time. For the last 5 or 8 years,...

Every year, I become increasingly more knowledgeable about college admissions. It's impossible not to be. Since COVID mucked up applying to college with test optional (which is slowly going away) and schools hyper aware now about the kind of students they admit, who...