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Many rising high school seniors around the nation will soon need to prepare their college applications, as the next application “season” is just around the corner! As part of this

Research shows that lower-income and many racially minoritized students face barriers to participating in a wider range of extracurricular activities.

The Common App reports that only a quarter of applicants using its transfer platform were from underrepresented minority groups and a third were first-generation college students.

Vicky Plasencia, a first-generation college student from Argentina, created a podcast to help other first gens navigate the logistics of university life.

A résumé is vital for seeking a job, internship, scholarship or a seat in pre-college program.

Serena Florell is a high school senior at Model Laboratory School, and like many of her classmates, she has been busy thinking of the future and applying to colleges.

Whether it’s with sheet cake or walls proudly displaying rejection letters, students and adults are finding a new joy in the word “no.”

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Villanova University has scrubbed a number of gender identity options from a list for students to choose from in their housing app, the Caller has learned.