I encouraged my son to apply to only 3 colleges even though his friends were applying to 12 to 15. He still got into his dream school.

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‘A scary situation’: As Wall Street assails Harvard, students worry about their futures

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There's a growing generational rift between elite schools like Harvard and the banks and law firms that employ their graduates.

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There's an old joke that goes: The hardest thing about Harvard is getting in. But simply being on campus this week has put that idea to the test. 

A pro-Palestinian campus group pulled its Gaza protest after a public showdown with the university's president

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Bill Gates says America has a math problem. Here are his three suggestions to help kids learn to love the subject like he does.

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Bill Gates talked about how the Gates Foundation is approaching math education to better suit the needs of students' today in a blog post.

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I'm a freshman at Harvard. From a Chinese lecture to a screening of 'Legally Blonde,' here's what my first day of classes was like.

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I'm a college-admissions expert. Don't join extracurriculars just so you have an impressive résumé — schools will see right through it.

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A Japanese city is installing robots in classrooms so kids who are worried about attending school can tune in remotely

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The robots (not pictured) are around a meter high and self-propelling, according to a report.

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I'm a college senior. Here's what I recommend all incoming freshmen get for their dorm rooms — and everything they can leave at home.

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Packing for dorm life can be tricky.

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These 25 companies have the highest-paying internships of 2023 — with some paying more than $9,000 a month

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Tech, finance, and consulting firms dominated Glassdoor's list of the highest-paying internships of 2023.

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A professor says he's stunned that ChatGPT went from a D grade on his economics test to an A in just 3 months

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ChatGPT-4 scored 73% on Bryan Caplan's economics test.

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