The myth of meritocracy sits at the foundation of our educational system: if you work hard enough in high school, you’ll get into a good college and eventually, get a good job. It is a system that for...

On March 12, The New York Times broke a story detailing the elaborate methods wealthy families used to bribe college coaches and standardized test proctors to increase their students’ chances of gaining...

“Shoot.” I’m a spring semester junior in high school and I just opened a letter in the mail. I see that I got a 28 on my first ACT. I thought my life was a failure. Northwestern had always...

A century ago, Asian Americans were low-skilled laborers who were crowded into ghettos and endured de jure racial discrimination. In recent years, Asian Americans have become the highest-earning, most...

International students are familiar with the subtle changes one adopts when transitioning from Northwestern to home. When going home, perhaps you drop “like” from your sentence structure, return to...