When I was in high school, I can remember the social stigma associated with attending community college straight out of senior year. Because of the…
Now that decisions are out for practically everyone, April is the unofficial month of accepted students’ days and weekends. You’ve been accepted, and the roles…
First, congratulations! You’re in an amazing position to have options in your collegiate prospects (see what we did there?), and everything you’re headed to do…
On a Wednesday during my spring break senior year, I anxiously waited until 5 PM to open an admissions decision to one of my top…
We all know the inevitable part-warning, part-tease when talking about college majors: “You know, it’s going to be hard for you to find a job.”…
What is life but a series of decisions? When you’re a kid, chances are your parents make the majority of your decisions for you. They…
So congratulations, you have been accepted! But now what? It was around this time last year—precisely on March 31—when I received my notification of acceptance….
Congratulations! You’ve found yourself at a confounding crossroads: you’ve been accepted to multiple schools (seriously, congratulations) and they all relatively fit your checklist of requirements….
When my best friends and I received our first college acceptance letters I felt a mixture of excitement and terror. The single school we’d all…
Now that you have acquired a long list of awesome colleges to attend, the next important step is to single out the college that would…
Academic rigor. Location: big city, small town, or somewhere in between. Reputation. Student-to-faculty ratio. Financial aid. The majority of people have a pretty uniform criteria…
Editor’s note on what the Real College Checklist series is: Welcome to The Prospect’s latest series to help you stop being a confused motherfudger staring blankly…
