Right now students across the country are putting together their college applications. For many students, especially those applying to private universities, having amazing college recommendation ...

All high school seniors know the feeling of pure happiness and relief when they turn in the last of their college applications. However, then comes the hardest part– waiting for college responses.

USA TODAY High School Sports has a weekly column on the college recruiting process. Here, you’ll find practical tips and real-world advice on becoming a better recruit to maximize your opportunities ...

DALLAS — Some sixth and seventh grade students in Dallas Independent School District can say they are one step closer to realizing their college dreams. Students at the Frederick D. Haynes III Global ...

Colleges across the country have now sent out their acceptance and rejection letters. Every year at this time I am struck by the meanings these letters have for high school seniors and their parents.

Proud parents wrote personal letters to their first-generation college kids. This is the American dream. Growing up in America, you're told to dream big and to work hard to have the opportunity to go ...

It is easy for college applicants and their parents to get caught up in the fear, frustration, and frenzy of the admission experience. Those of us who counsel families through this journey have the ...

Financial aid letters are far from perfect, but critics who say colleges are intentionally misleading, as did some of those quoted in a recent Hechinger Report article, are mistaken. For critics to ...

Raised in foster care from the time he was 14, Marquell Moorer was determined to go to college, keeping up his grades and working part-time at Dairy Queen to save up money for it. This story also ...