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April 27, 2020

Admission Tips: What Makes You Unique?

Admissions Tips What Makes You Unique

Many college hopefuls fret about how to make themselves stand out during the application process. Some of you may be a part of as many extracurricular activities as possible and some of you are taking an all-AP curriculum. Some of you focus on volunteering or establishing yourself in rare or unique fields. You may even […]

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April 6, 2020

Don’t Be Afraid of College Application Essays!

Don't Be Afraid of College Application Essays!

College application essays tend to make everyone fearful and hesitant. What do you write about? What should you write about? Are there things schools want to hear? When these questions come to mind, embrace the fear and use it to write memorable essays that make you stand out. Stop worrying and get writing. Whether we like […]

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March 9, 2020

3 Reasons to Take the SAT Your Junior Year

3 Reasons to Take the SAT Your Junior Year

So, you’re approaching or in your junior year of high school. You’re tackling new classes, subjects, and challenges! One of the things you’re about to face (if you haven’t already,) is the PSAT. The PSAT is usually administered in October and juniors take it for two reasons. A sort of “dry run” for the SAT. […]

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January 27, 2020

College Admissions: Computing your GPA

College Admissions: Computing your GPA

Applying to college? You’re likely hearing a lot of talk about your GPA and how much it matters in the college admissions process. Your GPA is your grade-point average. It indicates your overall performance in school, i.e., your grades. Your GPA is a calculation of your letter or percentage grades and is a number from […]

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May 6, 2019

3 Common Myths About College Admissions

3 Common Myths About College Admissions

When applying to college, you’ll inevitably run into myths and misconceptions. From what schools look for, to the importance of participating in every extracurricular possible, to who should write Recommendation Letters. All of them have a story attached to it. One of the most important things you can do to get ready to apply to […]

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March 28, 2018

5 Recommendations for Your College Application Essays

After your SAT and ACT scores and your GPA, your essays are the most important part of your college application. Why? Because they are the only part of your whole file that encompasses you and your personality entirely. Your essays let schools see how you think, what you find important, how you write, and how […]

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November 30, 2017

Letter Grades, Percentages, and GPAs

If you’re applying to college, you’ll hear a lot of talk about your GPA, and how much it matters in the college admissions process. Many students find the topic confusing: How come it’s a number from 0.0 to 4.0? What if my school gives out grades as percentages from 0 to 100? What if my school […]

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October 6, 2017

Admission Tips: Four Pointers for Your College Application Résumé

There are a lot of items you will need to procure or create when putting together your college applications: transcripts, teacher recommendations, and essays, to name a few. You may also have to put together and submit a résumé. Given that most high schoolers have never had to put together a résumé for anything other […]

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September 1, 2017

Admissions Tips: Letters of Recommendation from Non-Teachers

The first person everyone thinks about when they’re looking to get a letter of recommendation is a teacher. This makes perfect sense, of course–letters of recommendation for college are almost always required to address academic performance, and who better to do that than someone who has taught you in an academic subject? However, if a college […]

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August 18, 2017

Admission Tips: Letters of Recommendation From Teachers

College applicants often consider the teacher recommendation letter to be a bothersome and relatively useless part of the application and thus don’t worry about it until the absolute last possible moment. This is  a mistake. Recommendations can not only sway college admissions officers in your favor, but also sway them against it. It’s important to […]

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