The University of California approved a policy on non-resident enrollment.  

Non-resident enrollment will be capped at 18 percent at UC Davis, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, and at 2017-18 levels at UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UCLA, and UC San Diego.

Click here for the details.

Juniors and parents of juniors—here's an interesting article from Chris Teare at Drew University about how he reads a college application.  You'll find it a useful way to understand how your school profile, transcript and recommendations set the context for reading your application, and what he's looking for once the context has been set. 

Click here for the article.

The Common App essay prompts for 2017-18 are now available.  Three of the five original prompts have been revised, and two new prompts have been added.  The word count limit remains at 650.

Click here for the list of prompts.