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For many people, going to their in-state flagship public university is a great way to get a solid education at a reasonable price. If you’re lucky enough to live in North Carolina, you’ve got a great program at a solid price in UNC, and chances are you know it (but half of you still want…

In one of my favorite scenes of Animal House, Otter tells another fraternity brother to relax, because he is pre-law.  He’s then told that everyone thought he was pre-med, to which Otter, always quick with a word, replies that they are the same thing. Such is the versatility of pre-law; outside of guidance that it…

Thanks for visiting us!  Here are the numbers that you’re looking for: Cost of attendance for a business degree at the London School of Economics, including two trips home per year and a $1000 travel in Europe allowance: approximately $136,500. Cost of attendance for a business degree at the University of Virginia for an in-state…

Chances are that if you’re like most people, you think of either Oxford or Cambridge when you think of going to university in the UK.  After all, they’re old, famous, prestigious, and there’s something just downright British about them.   However, there are so many other UK universities worth considering. At most of them, you’ll graduate…

Let’s face it, higher education is expensive.  Even if you live in a state where there are widespread scholarships, like Florida or Georgia, or are lucky enough to get substantial financial aid, there are still a lot of little costs.  And if you’re part of the 80% or so of the country that doesn’t, then…

If you’re the type of person who thinks that athletics should be a factor in determining who gets scholarship money for higher education, much less who gets admitted in the first place, you might want to stop reading now. When I was a junior at William and Mary, my fraternity hosted an event to attract…

The majority of students applying to American universities use the Common Application, a more streamlined way of putting in your grades, courses, test scores, and extracurricular activities.  While many universities still attach sizable supplemental applications, for most high school students, the Common App is the way to go. In recent years, the Common App has…

One question that I get asked a lot is the role of extracurricular activities when applying to universities in Europe.  After all, spend any time on r/chanceme, and you soon see that the amount of space spent describing extracurricular activities easily exceeds just about everything else combined.  Wouldn’t it make sense for foreign universities to…

If you’re interested in going to law school, chances are that you know it can be an expensive proposition.  Unless you live in one of a handful of states that permits the law to be ‘read,’ becoming a lawyer means getting an undergraduate degree and then three years of law school.  This means that you’ll…