"I'm a Jew, what the Hell am I doing in the Vatican!?" So said the comedian on the Nautica as we departed the Port of Civitavecchia after a full day in Rome, earning a decent amount of laughs in the cruise ship lounge. Four years later, the background of my phone's lock screen is a night shot of Saint Peter's Basilica; a mesmerizing image that captures a place that is an overwhelmingly crowded and complex site by day, at a...

I said that I applied to 14 colleges and only listed 12. This is because I was waitlisted at Stanford and Columbia...

First off, if you are deferred EA from Georgetown, don't give up hope. Since Georgetown was rated as a reach for me, I was not surprised to be deferred EA, but still sad, as it was my dream school. I essentially completely ruled out any chances of getting in, and essentially wrote it off, adding to my surprise when I did get in. One piece of advice that I will give is that it is okay to use your Common App personal statement for your main Georgetown essay ( As Georgetown is a diverse community, the Admissions Committee would like to...

My school streamlines the process pretty well (with an official form) but I do have some advice for choosing what teachers to have write for you. My school's college counseling requires that all students get two recommendations, one from a Math/science...

I had the decision of choosing between a more prestigious, higher ranked academic school like Georgetown, versus a school like BU, Northeastern or GW with a $20-30K per year scholarship. While I anticipated that a scenario like this may be a hard decision, it actually was quite seamless as soon as I...

While it is true that attending a summer program at a college during high school will most likely not improve your chances of admission, my time at the Georgetown Summer International Relations Institute...