Making a final choice of a college or a boarding school once admitted can be one of a student’s most exciting moments in life so far. Due to the global healt...

In high school, I went for a meeting with my mom and my college counselor to talk about my future plans. “So,” she began,” have you begun thinking about wher...

In the past 30 years, the cost of private colleges has doubled, while the cost of public colleges has tripled! What’s going on?! Let’s talk about what your h...

In my experience, college students find their friends in one of a handful of places. This blog post is a simple guide to finding friends in a way that also e...

I was a high-achieving high schooler: I got good grades, high test scores, and a list of extracurricular activities that I was passionate about. But by the e...

I believe that this blog topic is particularly important because it really drives at the heart of how Hermiona benefits its students. However, before we delv...

Many schools, scholarships, and jobs will require that applicants submit letters of recommendation as part of the application process. However, some positio...

It’s so exciting to see our students leave for the summer. From California to Rhode Island, our students pursue their passions, whether they be coding in Jav...

The recent admission scandal holds a mirror to the situation in American education. On the one hand, it brings up the legitimate question of how fair the US ...

With the idea of the International Baccalaureate (IB) created in 1962 and the official IB organization founded in 1968, students all over the world have been...

It was wonderful to see so many people interested in American education at our Moscow event last Saturday! Since we know that not everyone could be there wit...

As some of you know, Hermiona Education held a phenomenal event recently in Moscow, telling Russian international students the insider details to the America...

In high school, I didn't always look like a model student. I missed countless days of school for national/international fencing tournaments and sometimes cut...

A common question that students often ask me is whether it is better to get a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) or a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree if given the cho...

Of course, this is all subjective, but I would say that the ideal time to start thinking about college is in 8th grade. College admissions officers look at e...

The reason I remember so much from my first week of college is because of how exhilarating it was. While college itself was a trial, the best moments still r...

High school students from Russia and other Eastern European countries often underestimate how important extracurricular activities are in the admission proce...

The eternal struggle: to take AP classes or not? In addition to wanting excellent grades from their applicants, top American universities are also looking to...

When I was applying to colleges as a stressed out, coffee-guzzling junior in high school, I remember all of the adults telling me the same thing: “School ran...