The Washington Post has a great article in today's paper about how top colleges, including University of Pennsylvania and Bryn Mawr are translating applications and even their entire websites into Spanish to attract more Hispanic applicants. Penn has even begun conducting some college admission sessions in Spanish.

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Completing a FAFSA is the first step in the financial aid application process at many colleges and universities. So what is it?

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Earth-centered cadets at the US Air Force Academy now have a religious sanctuary on par with those enjoyed by their Christian, Jewish and Buddhist counterparts. The addition of this outside rock circle is to help address previous concerns about a lack of religious tolerance at the USAFA.

We just added new feature content to our college section. Just posted this morning is our admissions transcript from Bucknell University. We would like to invite you to read through the helpful information about Bucknell's admissions process provided by their Dean of Admissions Robert Springall.

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UMass officials announced a new Medical Scholars Program which will begin enrolling new students in 2011. It will guarantee a spot in UMass Med to the graduates as part of a plan to increase the number of minority physicians in Massachusetts. According to The Boston Globe, the 12 slots being set aside in the UMass Med Class of 2019 are for applicants from the following groups: African-Americans, Hispanics, certain Southeast Asians, and Cape Verdeans, Brazilians, and other Portuguese speakers.