“Everyone is freaking out a little bit,” added Christopher Rim, president and CEO of Command Education in New York.

When Christopher Rim, now 23, was the only graduating senior at his high school in Bergen County, New Jersey, to get accepted to Yale, underclassmen immediately reached out to ask him how he did it.

Here’s how to understand your financial aid offer Jessica Dickler | April 3 2018 8:45 AM When it comes to applying to college, there is only one notification more significant than being accepted: the financial aid letter. But unlike getting in, it’s rarely black...