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Define Your Values – Refine Your College List

There are over four thousand colleges and universities in the United States, and thousands more across the globe. You’ve heard about some of them from your teachers, school counselors, family members, and friends. You may have read through ranking lists, and perhaps you’re planning to apply to the most highly ranked schools that are in […]

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Avoid Application Procrastination

It’s a beautiful early fall afternoon and you told yourself you would get started on your application essays. Suddenly, it feels like the perfect time to clean your room, start a new series on Netflix, or read the entire Wikipedia page dedicated to the origin and history of the high five. It’s the allure of […]

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Unaccepted By Harvard: A Cautionary Tale

After being admitted to Harvard last spring, Parkland shooting survivor Kyle Kashuv suddenly saw his acceptance revoked after racist social media posts that he had written in 2017 surfaced last month. Regardless of what you think of Kyle’s politics and whether or not you believe that young people may do and say things that, as […]

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SAT Adversity Score and College Admissions

Today’s breaking news is that the College Board (yes, the same people who bring you the SAT, SAT subject tests and AP exams) now plans to assign an adversity score to every student who takes the SAT. Fifty schools used the score last year as part of a beta test and the College Board says 150 […]

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Top Tips for Selecting High-Impact Extracurricular Activities

Today’s students have to balance many competing obligations. With rigorous course loads, standardized test prep, family obligations, and after-school jobs, they often don’t have much time for extracurricular activities. Yet, as we’ve noted before, extracurricular commitments are a crucial part of the college admissions process. With limited time and energy, students (and their parents) often […]

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