From meeting students’ academic needs to offering immense resources for college, community colleges are working to outgrow the age-old stigma attached to their name.
[hsinsider_category_logo size="thumbnail"]
[hsinsider_category_title tag=h1]
Podcast with Kara Fan: Rising senior making strides in antibiotic resistance research
Fan shares her journey from when she discovered her interest in the growing issue of antibiotic resistance to her current research developing nanostructured films.
Column: The C-word
High school junior, Ella Warner, explores the anxiety that comes with the college process, especially as a student whose high school experience has been almost entirely virtual.
How to navigate taking the SAT and ACT
Here’s a guide to deciding whether or not taking the SAT and ACT is right for you.
Opinion: The complexities of the burnt out ‘gifted’ child
As college admission rates become increasingly low, the brain of the former gifted child believes biting off more than it can chew is the only way to go.
Column: Being deferred from my dream school
JJ Hoffman reflects on the mix of emotions felt once he opened his portal for an application update.
Opinion: Movies make getting into college seem too easy
Films like “The Kissing Booth” portray unrealistic college application processes.
Opinion: Antiracism racism is still racism
“I am a product of affirmative action … I am Puerto Rican, born and raised in the South Bronx. My test scores were not comparable to my colleagues at Princeton and Yale,” associate justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor once said, according to CNN. “But, if we...
How taking an unconventional path toward postdoc gave Dr. Alnur Ali new insight into his research
Every field of study is like its own thousand-layer cake. There’s always something more intricate and specific to research, and only the most passionate minds are willing to dig so deep. After some self-discovery, Dr. Alnur Ali became one of them, a scholar who can...
Opinion: Dear College Board
It’s 1:06 a.m. on a Monday in March and I am frantically trying to recall the names of the processes that accompany fermentation not found in glycolysis. I haven’t left my room in three hours because a break is a royalty I do not have the right to indulge myself in....