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California Institute of Technology, ranked the #9th National University (tied with Duke, JHU and Northwestern) on US News, is a private institution located in Pasadena, California, home to approximately 900 undergraduates. Known for its STEM programs in biological sciences, engineering,

Columbia University, previously listed number 2 Best College in the nation by the U.S. News & World Report, has been unranked. According to The New York Times, Columbia declared its withdrawal from the 2023 ranking after being unable to verify

Lowell High School, located in San Francisco, is widely regarded as one of the most elite public schools in the nation. Like Virginia’s Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (whose admissions process we also recently wrote about), Lowell

On Thursday, June 23rd, the Biden administration proposed changes to Title IX regulations that would ban discrimination against transgender students at schools, colleges, and universities, as reported by The Washington Post. Title IX was first signed into law in 1972

Now with the new policy change, all loans offered to those students whose family income exceeds 125k and who receive need-based financial aid will be substituted with scholarships starting the summer of 2022.

In order to attract the “high-potential” and the “brightest and best” individuals, graduates from non-UK schools with either a bachelor’s or master’s degree will be given an opportunity to receive a two year visa. Those with a PhD will be

. Universities in other countries have long offered these shorter degree programs. For example, a standard bachelor’s degree in the United Kingdom takes three years to complete.

Now you might be wondering: why would colleges be concerned about summer melts? With the rising number of applications and exceptionally low acceptance rates, shouldn’t they always have more than enough students?

Many top universities have higher transfer acceptance rates compared to freshman rates. Anderson noted that for the fall 2020 admissions cycle, UVA accepted 40% of its transfer applicants and 23% of its freshmen applicants.

According to an investigation report released last Wednesday, April 27th, two deans from the University of Southern California repeatedly directed school officials to omit certain survey data from reports to U.S. News & World Report