Nowadays colleges look beyond grades to distinguish one great looking applicant from another. One of the best ways to stand out is serious academic research.

Resumes are for more than job hunting these days, and they are especially useful for ambitious teens.

Getting published in a credible media outlet or journal can be a huge boost to your college admissions prospects.

Every college is looking for leaders, but that doesn’t mean you have to be class president to stand out.

The rules have changed, but teens still need to take care when communicating with adults.

With a few small changes, almost every extracurricular profile can be improved from good to great.

College admissions is more competitive than ever. Here are a few ways that we are making sense of seemingly surprising results.

Summer is a great time for even busy teens to round out their extracurricular profiles.

Top colleges say that they are looking for kids who are “interesting”. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? And what can your teen do to become more “interesting” to admissions officers at highly selective schools?

Are you curious to know what students at top colleges wish they’d known in high school? We asked our former clients who currently attend schools like Vanderbilt, Northwestern and Princeton…