Student Resources & Knowledge Base

• Your Personal Guide: Mission: Accepted! (The book)

• Common App 2025-26: What's New & What Stays

• A Complete List of 1,100 Colleges Using the Common App

• 2024/25 Common App Essay Prompts

• Top 10 Reasons to Study in the U.S.A.

• Glossary of Admissions Terms

Outside Resources:

• College Navigator - Detailed College Profiles (U.S. Department of Education)

• College Scorecard - Search for Colleges based on Your Criteria (U.S. Department of Education)

• Big Future - Plan for College and Career (College Board)

• Niche - College Rankings (Niche)

• Colleges still accepting applications for Fall 2025 (National Association for College Admission Counseling)

• Waitlisted at the UC? What to do now

• America's Most Applied-To Universities in 2025 

• Calculate Your UC GPA with our new tool:  A-G GPA Calculator Pro

• Get Your A-G GPA Calculator Pro License

• The University of California Draws Almost 250,000 Applications in 2025

• A-G Subject Requirements 

• The 20 Most Applied-to Colleges in 2024

Outside Resources:

• Example of Conditional Acceptance to the University of California (UCSC) (Your UC admission is provisional and can be revoked if you fail to meet all stated conditions.)

• India vs. U.S. Higher Education: Understanding the Key Differences

• From Mumbai to MIT: Programs and Scholarships for Indian Students 

• Current Trends  in Higher Ed: India Takes the Lead 

• Finding an Engineering School That Fits You 

• America's Most Applied-To Universities in 2025

• Top 25 Safety Schools 

• R1 Universities: Inside America's Research Powerhouses

• The 20 Most  Applied-to Colleges in 2024 

• The Best Colleges for Securing a Green Card

• Reflecting on the 2024  Forbes College Rankings

• Top Colleges for International Students

• Harvard's Bold Move: Free Tuition for Families Making up to $200,000

• Top 3 Strategies to Afford College

• How to Finance Your College Experience

• CPT and OPT:  Gaining Work Experience  While Studying

Outside Resources:

• Google: "School name" + net price calculator

• Tuition estimator: MyInTuition

• Student loan calculator

• Yale University

• Unfiltered: Inside Stanford's Quirky Traditions

• 12 Questions You Should Be Asking Colleges (But Probably Aren't) 

• Women's Colleges: Empowering Female Students for Success 

• UCLA and the California Wildfires

• Your Guide to Dorm Life

• Navigating Cultural and Social Integration

• Campus Resources for Students

• The Ultimate Guide to College Campus Tours

• Riding the College Rollercoaster: Adjusting to Freshman Year

• What You Need to Know about Greek Life