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Kids You’ll Meet in Your Freshman Dorm: The Dude Who's Really Into Politics and Thinks You Should Be Too

Moving into college is an overwhelming experience. We at the BSAT would like to take a little pressure off the whole experience for you by introducing you to a few...

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The Top 3 Most Awkward Application Supplements

We’ve spent a lot of time talking about Tufts university requesting YouTube submissions from its applicants. But as The Lafayette points out,...

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Another Half Baked Defense of Standardized Testing

Every now and then I peruse the pages of the official publication of the John Birch Society, the New American, which I like to think of as roughly the mental...

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SAT Strategy Secrets Revealed!!!!

Our crack squad of intelligence experts and guys who sit at home all day reading Google readers, have uncovered yet another example of chronic misinformation on the...

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From A College Admissions Perspective, March Also Sucks

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! March blows. Seriously. College admissions professional Bruce Vinik says so. He says that March is the longest month because students...

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Further Evidence That College Brochures Are Full of Shit

We've already listed 3 things you'll see in most college brochures but never actually do in college, but today The New York Times has given us further proof...

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Apparently Youtube Can Get You Into College

So in case you missed out coverage on it on Tuesday, or Friday (that's today...unless it's not...) this whole Youtube college application thing has become a...

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Kids You’ll Meet in Your Freshman Dorm: The Girl Who Has Never Done Anything For Herself

College, for many people, will be their first experience living on their own. And while there will be a natural adjustment for everyone, there will be at least one...

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It's All in The Game

Just thought I'd pass on an interesting article containing reactions to a New York Times Magazine story about the amount of high school students in AP classes....

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Can YouTube Get You Into College?

Ever since youtube.com made uploading flash video to the internet easy for everyone we've marveled at its ability to make us laugh at mindless drivel and make...

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