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Are You Checking Senior Year Off To a Good Start?
Congratulations! You are officially into the swing of your senior year of high school. Time is about to start flying past you so before it does, I have really important advice. One of the things that...
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5 College Admissions Terms I’d Never Heard Of
To this day, I see the college application process as one of the hardest, most stressful undertakings of my life. When you aren’t swamped with personal statements or contemplating begging on your...
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I Learned to Email the RIGHT Way With These 3 Rules
My senior year was full of awkward moments, and chief among them was the rather common reoccurrence of staring at a blank screen in my Gmail. The “To:” section included the email of one of my teachers...
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What I Learned From Taking SAT Subject Tests
When your standardized test scores feel like the be-all, end-all of your college applications, it’s no wonder it feels like everyone around you is stacking AP/IB exams and SAT Subject tests on top of...
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4 Letter of Recommendation Mistakes I Managed to Avoid
When I think of letters of rec, I can only picture my AP Language teacher’s whiteboard, where he listed the names of seniors who approached him for a letter of recommendation. Throughout the first few...
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Here’s What You Should Do (and Not Do) on Your Personal Statement
So you’ve sent in your ED/EA applications in already, or even if you didn’t go for early applications, you’re practically done with your essays. All set to go, right? Wrong. College applications...
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What You Should NEVER Say In Your Personal Statement
Talk about the most dreaded essay of college application season. Personal statements are your opportunity to introduce yourself to the admissions staff at your future school. They’re a written...
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More Essays!? How I Wrote (Then Chose Not to Write) Supplemental Essays
We all know the saying “you have too much on your plate.” Of course, it’s easy to just tell people to drop a few lower-priority commitments and move on so you can dedicate more time to the rest. With...
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How I Knew I Was REALLY Done With College Apps
I went back home for Thanksgiving break and met up with a couple current high school senior friends for brunch. Over lattes and honey toast, I told them about my new exciting life at college and they,...
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12 Things I Went Through While Doing College Applications
All of high school tells you that your goal is to ace the college application process. No matter how much information you look up and how many schools you research, something always catches you by...
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