Sara Harberson is a college admissions expert with over 20 years of experience in higher education and private counseling.

Here's what to do while you're waiting to hear back from colleges, per admissions expert Sara Harberson ...

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High schoolers are turning to chatbots for help navigating the college admissions process. Does a virtual college coach know ...

Where do we start? This is the question on the minds of students, their families, and other supporters who are just beginning the college search and application experience. There is certainly no ...

As higher education contends with the end of affirmative action and a rapidly changing admissions landscape, St. John’s College is trying a novel approach to the application. Last month the private ...

Editor’s note: This is the first story in a collaborative series covering the state of Northwest college admissions in 2025. Directives by the Trump administration are aimed at eliminating race-based ...

Long before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the consideration of race in admissions for colleges and universities, the admission process for highly selective schools was inequitable. Over the ...

I'm a college-admissions expert, and I help high schoolers get into their dream schools. Students shouldn't burn themselves out by doing too many extracurriculars for their applications. They should ...

Students offered direct admission to college were 12 percent more likely to apply to a postsecondary institution but no more likely than those who applied through traditional channels to enroll, ...