College admissions could be simple: send us your application by this deadline and we’ll get back to you. But we can’t have nice things, so instead we get a confusing hodgepodge of letters and numbers....

This guide contains tens of thousands of words about how to apply to college, but I’ve yet to directly address where to apply — or where to commit after receiving your decisions. This is a section...

You don’t need me to tell you that college is ridiculously expensive — and it’s only getting worse. In this section, I’ll run through some key terms and concepts regarding the financial side of...

At highly-selective institutions, the amount of qualified applicants far exceeds the number of available spots. The question then becomes how admissions offices should resolve this quandary. Rank students...

Chances are you will never find out the definitive reason why School A accepted you, but not School B. That’s because colleges are notoriously secretive about their admissions process, partly to avoid...

This portion of the guide focuses on various components of your application. Click through to learn more about the honors and activities sections, the personal essay, supplemental essays, test scores,...

There’s a gray area in college admissions that you might not have thought about before — or maybe you’re painfully aware of it, hence you clicking on this article. The assumption that there are only...

We know what you’re thinking: you had to sit around all throughout April, devoid of a food review and therefore devoid of places to eat. We’ve had the same feeling. Unfortunately, quarter four has...

Welcome to the next installment of Breakfast with Brinda; we’re making apple bake, the name of which I definitely did not just make up. Watch the video for more. The nitty-gritty of apple bake...

In this addition to Breakfast with Brinda, we will Americanize and health-ify a traditional French dessert: the parfait. The French make their parfait with fruit and ice cream, but of course we don’t...