Resources by Zoë Edington

5 min read In July’s Student Spotlight, we’re speaking with Jyoti Rani. Having grown up in Silicon Valley, Jyoti Rani gravitated towards STEM. She knew that she wanted to take […]

4 min read The following article features an advisor spotlight of CollegeAdvisor.com’s Meaghan Gee (Cornell ‘19). For more information about our programming and personal guidance about the college application process, head to CollegeAdvisor.com and sign up […]

Preparing for College by Completing Two Years of Dual Enrollment in High School In this article, CollegeAdvisor.com Admissions Expert Zoe Edington shares her experience with dual enrollment in high school […]

Motaz Fallata was always encouraged to pursue higher education by his father, but, like many international applicants, he had a hard time figuring out the American college application process. Of […]

Going to an elite university was always the goal for Luke Smith. He had good grades, grew up surrounded by people who also attended college, and had a basic understanding […]

Photographer: Alyssa Ledesma | Source: Unsplash In this article, CollegeAdvisor.com admissions expert Zoe Edington shares tips on how to prepare for college during your sophomore year of high school. For […]

Congrats! If you’re reading this, it means you’re probably thinking about classes to take in college already, so you’ve likely been recently admitted or started school. Or if you’re still […]

Photographer: Jason Yuen | Source: Unsplash Although it’s doing so at a slower rate than in previous years, the percentage of international students moving to the United States (U.S.) for […]

There are a lot of schools, more than 4,200 in the U.S. alone, to choose from. Building the list of colleges to apply to can feel like one of the […]

Image: Calendar to help track deadlines | Photographer: Eric Rothermel | Source: Unsplash So it’s time for you to seriously think about applying to college, and you’re starting to plan […]

Image: Student prepping for an interview | Photographer: LinkedIn Sales Navigator | Source: Unsplash So you’ve submitted your Common or Coalition application, and now you’re playing the waiting game. The […]

When the time came for CollegeAdvisor.com Admissions Expert Anya Ranganathan to apply for college, she was well-prepared for what was in store. She was raised in the college town of […]

In this essay guide, I will discuss how to best respond to the supplemental essay prompts for Yale. For more guidance on personal essays and the college application process in […]

The University of Pennsylvania lies on a beautiful urban campus in West Philadelphia. Penn is a private Ivy League research university on a semester-based academic schedule. Benjamin Franklin founded Penn […]

The University of Notre Dame is a Catholic private research university founded by the Congregation of the Holy Cross (not Jesuits). Known for its powerhouse athletic programs, Notre Dame is […]

In this University of California essay guide, CollegeAdvisor.com Admissions Experts and UC alumni Angela, Kaitlin, and Zoë will discuss how to best respond to the University of California Personal Insight Questions (PIQs). For […]

University of California, Berkeley, is part of the 10 campuses of the UC system and has been ranked consistently as one of the top public universities in the world. It […]

About St. Olaf College St. Olaf College is a small, private liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and is listed as one of the […]

Found in the heart of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University (PSU) is a public, land-grant university with a multitude of locations and the primary campus being at University Park, Pennsylvania. PSU […]

The oldest university in the United States and one of the most renowned higher education institutions in the world, Harvard is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a few […]

Bowdoin College is a classic New England liberal arts college located in Brunswick, Maine, just 3 miles from the ocean, 30 minutes from Portland, and 2 hours from Boston. Bowdoin […]