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What to Do When Your AP Scores Come Out in 2026

The College Board has announced that AP scores will begin rolling out on July 6, 2026. If you haven’t already, log in to your account now to test your credentials — the last thing you want is to be locked out when your scores finally appear. Once you’re in, opening that score portal can bring […]

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What Rising Juniors Should Actually Do This Summer (A Counselor’s Honest Guide)

The junior year of high school intimidates students long before it arrives. It looms like a bully, threatening  total exhaustion, unimaginably difficult classes, and high expectations. But students forget that each year of high school prepares them for the next; they have been building the skills and prerequisite knowledge one year at a time.  But […]

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What It Actually Takes to Get Into a Top College in 2026

Every spring, families watch acceptance rates drop a little further — and ask the same question: what does it actually take? The 2025–26 cycle offered some answers. Admissions offices are reading more carefully, cross-referencing more deliberately, and growing more skilled at identifying what’s genuine versus what’s been engineered to impress.   We recently hosted a webinar […]

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How to Choose a College Major

Many years ago, I headed to college planning to major in English, and I graduated four years later with an English degree. Recent studies, however, reveal that my straightforward pathway was likely the exception, rather than the rule. Many students officially enter college as “undecided,” and even more (estimates range from 30% to 85%) change […]

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Is a Gap Year For Your Student? A Strategic Guide

I still remember the well-loved leather chair where I sat drinking black coffee in a coffee shop on Nassau Street while reading Delaying the Real World: A Twenty-Something’s Guide to Seeking Adventure. It was May 2006: I had just turned in my senior thesis—a 100-page philosophical treatise on morality and the nature of blame—and my […]

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