Educated Quest College Insights
Educated Quest is the rare college admissions site that addresses perceptions of “sacred cows” in the college search. These college insights separate fiction from the truth. They help students and parents consider and compare colleges best fit to their interests and needs.
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April 18, 2026
Now that May 1st is upon us, transfer admissions season is well underway. As acceptance rates drop at popular public universities and more selective private institutions I had to wonder how many recent high school graduates, who did not get into their first-choice school would try again a year or […]
April 10, 2026
One of the more recent changes in college admissions is direct admissions programs. To me direct admissions are much like the targeted admissions mailings. The major difference is that prospective students who are likely to be admitted are invited to apply, usually for no charge. Approximately 300 schools use direct […]
April 10, 2026
At a time when the Federal Government has taken greater interest in the demographics of select institutions, state governments are urging their institutions to reduce majors and waitlist anxieties have hit new heights. I must consider how future seniors should prepare a college list. Exceptionally bright and intellectually curious students […]
March 5, 2026
The Florida Legislature is about to consider a bill to limit out-of-state undergraduate enrollment in the Sunshine State’s “preeminent research universities” to five percent. The preeminent universities include: The University of Florida (20% freshman out-of-state, 12% university-wide, 3% international) Florida State University (14% freshman out-of-state, 14% university-wide, 3% international) University […]
March 5, 2026
Over the next few weeks, I will be posting profiles about several iberal arts colleges. What would I consider a “small liberal arts college?” To me it would have less than 3,900 students. I used that number because it is the enrollment at Bucknell University. Bucknell considers itself to be […]
March 4, 2026
Years before I started EducatedQuest I was an urban economic development professional in Newark, New Jersey working for a business-funded non-profit organization. I became, by chance, actively involved in college campus development issues (Newark has three colleges as well as a medical school and two law schools) and downtown security. […]
March 4, 2026
With college acceptances comes invitations to programs that are part of every freshman first-year experience. Most of the schools that I have visited have a series of programs to help entering freshmen, and sometimes transfer students, become engaged in college.. Student affairs experts that I have met since launching Educated Quest […]
March 1, 2026
I live and work in New Jersey, a state where about half of college-bound students go out of state for their education. Back in “my day,” and I’m at the tail end of the Baby Boom, it was hard to get into William & Mary, UNC-Chapel Hill or the University […]
May 12, 2024
My hometown, Matawan, New Jersey, has produced many exceptionally bright, interesting people, including Anika Dugal. Anika is founder of Girls for Algorithmic Justice. This is a global grassroots coalition of young women taking political action and advocacy to address the gender and racial disparities in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Prudential […]
May 12, 2024
Forbes magazine recently came out with a list of schools that were considered to be a Public Ivy. The story also covered private institutions that were considered to be ‘New Ivies’. However, since I have written about my own definition of a Public Ivy before, I’ll stick to the public colleges […]