How I Got Into College

What happens when you've known your dream school since 7th grade, but when you get accepted, it might be too expensive? ... Read more

Rhodes Scholar Shad White was going to Georgetown, until something changed. It's just one part of his incredible journey... Read more

How does someone from New Jersey end up at Purdue without ever visiting? Given Purdue's reputation, it has to involve th... Read more

There was an "oh bleep" moment for Rebekka Johnson (GLOW) at the end of her time in college. She was thinking she'd miss... Read more

When J.A. Adande left ESPN to go back to his alma mater, it spoke to what Northwestern means to him. How he got to North... Read more

Iowa State Auditor and breakfast pizza enthusiast Rob Sand had not even heard of Brown University until the summer befor... Read more

Filmmaker Billy Corben grew up in Miami. He's made documentaries about Miami. He's even made two documentaries involving... Read more

Senior advisor to Senator Amy Klobuchar, Brigit Helgen, found her passion early in life, but her approach to thinking ab... Read more

Author Jamie Reidy is the answer to the question: what happens if you don't get into your first choice? Or your second? ... Read more

Fear/anxiety expert Kristen Ulmer started college at 15 and was the best female big mountain extreme skier in the world ... Read more

Test prep expert Akil Bello quickly realized he was good at taking tests. But when it came to college, he says he did ev... Read more

When NC State Associate Vice Provost Dr. Stephanie Helms Pickett went to college, she planned to study radio and tv broa... Read more

Author Mira Ptacin shares her incredible journey to, and through, college. It includes a semester at sea, an archaeologi... Read more

What happens if you end up at a school that isn't the perfect fit? Dean of The Colin Powell School for Civic and Global ... Read more

What do you do when you have a dream school, or a dream of what college should look like, but you go somewhere else? How... Read more

Missouri's a dream school for future journalists. For Bill Reiter, it wasn't even on his map, literally, and he only end... Read more

As we prepare to wrap up the year, here's a look back at the episode that started it all. The Sklars tell how they turne... Read more

Before he was on The Daily Show, Bob Wiltfong was growing up in Nebraska with no idea how to follow his dream. How do yo... Read more

"I went to something like 10 or 11 schools before I got to grad school." That's just the start of Rand Getlin's journey ... Read more

How do you get into Cal without really applying? If it wasn’t for a broken down car, best-selling author Lawrence Ross m... Read more