There's plenty to do early on in your high school career to help you prepare for college applications and admissions. From choosing the right high school courses, Whether or not to prepare for the SATs, ACTs, and AP/IB exams, What activities to engage in, Relationships with teachers and mentors, and College research.

You may be ready to take college admissions tests as early as freshman or sophomore year if you have completed math courses through Algebra II (including Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II) and are a strong test taker.

Some students have acceptances already because they may have applied under a Rolling admissions deadline. Many public schools and private schools with high acceptance rates fill the class as applications come in.

Which High School Activities Really Matter for College Admissions? This blog covers a few common pitfalls I’d like to warn you against as you go through high school.

Welcome to the official beginning of the college application season with the opening of the Common App, Coalition App and University of California applications in August.

How Do Real Families Pay for College?
It used to be that getting into college was about finding the “best” schools available and then giving them a shot. Now we all lie awake at night wondering, How will I pay for college?