Harvard College Reinstitutes Mandatory Testing

Applicants for the class of 2029 must submit scores. Harvard announced today that the College will reinstitute mandatory submission of standardized test scores for applicants.    Harvard announced today that the College will reinstitute mandatory submission of standardized test scores for applicants, beginning with students applying for fall 2025 admission (the class of 2029). Until today’s […]

Are we sacrificing our youth for college admissions?

“It isn’t fair to deprive ourselves of memories of youthful experiences that don’t revolve around the college admissions process,” Malcolm Carral Abreu On a recent scroll through my LinkedIn, I stumbled upon a profile of a sixth grader. Shocked, I clicked on it and went through it. I saw how they had more accolades than […]

12 Strategies to Writing the Perfect College Essay

College admission committees sift through thousands of college essays each year. Here’s how to make yours stand out.   Pamela Reynolds   Is a Boston-area feature writer and editor whose work appears in numerous publications. She is the author of “Revamp: A Memoir of Travel and Obsessive Renovation.”     When it comes to deciding […]