Moon Prep Blog

As colleges become increasingly more competitive, students are tasked with finding unique ways to stand out from the crowd of applicants. The top applicants know that adding hands-on research is one of the best ways to push an application to…

With most acceptance letters received and financial aid offers in hand as college decisions approach on May 1 (or May 3rd this year for the Ivy schools), sometimes the final choice for college comes down to the cold hard numbers.…

Finding research opportunities as a prospective science major in high school is always a difficult task even in ideal conditions. In this new virtual world since the onset of COVID-10, research positions for high school students have become nearly non-existent.…

For high school students planning to go into medicine, the most guaranteed route is through a BS/MD, or direct medical program. BS/MD programs allow for a smooth transition from undergraduate learning straight into medical school, guaranteeing their admission to medical…

Every year, a new group of students begin to piece together a college list. With so many choices in colleges, from private colleges to state universities, it's often difficult to know where to start that list. Knowing which schools to…

As tuition prices increase, so does your projected student loan debt. One way to diminish the overall cost is by pursuing scholarships, both merit and external. With most colleges exceeding $40,000 in their cost of attendance, any financial assistance seems…

Many premed students had to re-evaluate their carefully planned summers this past year with the onset of the pandemic. Resume plans were derailed as shadowing hours and internships across the country were canceled with minimal notice. Students on the medical…

On the heels of the announcement that there will no longer be SAT Subject Tests or SAT with additional Essay, College Board has made it clear that there will not be a virtual option to take the SAT. In lieu…

Although college admission interviews are an necessary component of the college admissions cycle, there are ways to prepare to make them less stressful. Practicing the right interview questions in advance and knowing what interviewers are looking for in the interview…

As college experience record-breaking numbers with application numbers for the prospective incoming freshmen class, more students than any other year are finding themselves placed on the waitlist. Being added to the waitlist is essentially telling a student that the college…