Good news has emerged from Harvard (and we believe other top universities will later follow): they are going to be giving free tuition for families making under $200,000. See below.

If you have a teen who is entering the second half of junior year, now is the time to start planning for college admissions. The next several months are crucial, and having a clear timeline can make all the difference.

Born in San Jose, California, but raised in Taipei, Taiwan, I had a unique upbringing that influenced the way I approached challenges. My earliest school years were spent in a local Taiwanese elementary school, where everything, from lessons to daily interactions, was conducted in Mandarin.

I was born in Burma, a country in South East Asia but originally of Chinese-Central Asian descent. I came to the United States of America in 2007 and began my life in Maryland as a 5-year old.

Living outside Baltimore, Maryland, makes it hard for a kid to imagine living elsewhere. But now, almost 20 years since I was born at the ​​Greater Baltimore Medical Center, I am studying at the University of Southern California. I can’t imagine ever moving back to the East Coast. But how did I end up here?

My name is Johanna Lee and I am currently an undergraduate studying Human Biology at the University of Southern California. As someone who grew up and lived in California practically all my life, I wanted to share my personal experience throughout my high school journey and the college application process.

The first week I arrived at Brown University, everyone was asking themselves the same question: How did I get in here? While we started off intimidated by our accomplished classmates and brilliant professors, we learned that the simple truth is that most top universities are filled not with child prodigies but with smart, hard-working students.

Getting into a BS/MD program is no small feat. It requires years of dedication, resilience, and an unwavering passion for medicine. My journey from high school to a combined medical program was anything but easy, but it was shaped by a unique set of experiences, personal challenges, and an unrelenting drive to make a difference in the field of healthcare.

You may have heard of the prestigious academic title called “National Merit Finalist”. In this blog post, we’re going to discuss what this academic distinction means and how students can become a National Merit Semifinalist and a National Merit Scholar (disclaimer: it will require a lot of hard work!).

In this informative blog post, we’re going to go over the list of the most applied-to colleges and universities in the U.S. that still require SAT and ACT scores for admission.

Out of the approximate 2 million high school students that took the SAT in the most recent academic year, a stunning 500,000 of these students were from California (which is supposedly a test-optional state).

Every quarter, I am invited to do an educational webinar with my college consulting industry colleague Jack Delehey on the state of college admissions and the standardized testing landscape. In the most recent webinar, we discussed a few key trends with SAT/ACT standardized testing which I’ll showcase below with data tables.

In this emailed blog post, my team and I at Tigerway will share our opinion on why it feels like getting into a top University is getting more and more difficult each year. More importantly we’ll talk about what Freshman, Sophomores, and Juniors in High School can do about it.