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One in four high school seniors now uses AI in their college search. According to Carnegie Higher Ed's 2025 Summer Research Series, that number jumped from 4% in 2023 to 23% in just two years. But here is the more revealing statistic: only 3% of students say they trust AI most for accurate college information. Students are using these tools whil...

Syracuse University has historically admitted roughly 28% of students who accept a spot on its waitlist, an average of about 728 per year, according to admissions data compiled from Common Data Set reports prior to 2...

Selective colleges are not counting your student's extracurricular activities. They are evaluating whether those activities reveal something true about who your student is. That distinction changes everything about how families should approach research, internships, and competitions during high school.

Ivy Day has come and gone. Across the country, students are opening portals and reading decisions — some celebrated, some were heartbroken, and many that landed somewhere in between: the waitlist.

If your student received a waitlist notification this spring, you are not alone. With 9.4 million applications su...

This year, JRA Educational Consulting students were admitted to the University of Florida at three times the state-wide rate. Across nine of Florida's twelve state universities, their results told the same story: