Students continue to pursue postsecondary education—particularly Latino and Black students—and a growing share of those applicants are choosing to submit SAT and ACT scores even when institutions are ...

Mathematicians from New York University and the University of British Columbia have resolved a decades-old geometric problem, the Kakeya conjecture in 3D, which studies the shape left behind by a ...

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The program implements the Collatz Conjecture, also known as the 3n + 1 problem. Calculates the Collatz sequence for a given positive integer, displays the highest number in the sequence, the amount ...

If you’re applying to college this fall, you may have heard the term “comprehensive review.” It’s an approach that many schools, including the University of California, use to make admissions ...

Decades ago, Apple launched the Macintosh, now known simply as Mac, line of computers. Sure, the tech world has seen Apple come out with some weird Macs over the years, but for the most part, it has ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is on the rise, and many are considering using it to help streamline the job application process. Applying for a job can be laborious and time-consuming, as best practice ...

if a given term is even, the term that follows is half the given term; if a given term is odd, then the terms that follows is the successor of three times the given term. For example, the Collatz ...

Compared to 2019-20, the number of applicants to four-year colleges this year has increased by more than 285,000, a 28% gain. The number of college applicants through March 1, 2024, has increased by 6 ...