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Kevin McMullin

Kevin McMullin is the founder and Head of Talent at Collegewise. He is the author of If the U Fits: Expert Advice on Finding the Right College and Getting Accepted and pens at least one entry every day here on his blog. Kevin is a graduate of UC Irvine with majors in English and history (where he answered, “What will you do with those majors?” approximately 783 times), and he has a college counseling certificate from UCLA.

Testing/Test Prep

Are some SAT/ACT dates harder than others?
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By Kevin McMullin
May 4, 2017 | 2 minute read

This week, a local news station featured a segment with a private counselor and self-proclaimed college admissions expert who got so many of her facts wrong that it generated widespread...

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College Essays

Politics in College Essays?
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By Kevin McMullin
June 15, 2016 | 3 minute read

Our Collegewise counselors often get questions, especially during an election year, from students about whether or not to share political views in a college essay. You can even broaden that...

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Course Selection

What If Your School Limits APs?
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By Kevin McMullin
May 22, 2016 | 3 minute read

Students who aspire to attend highly selective colleges need to be taking the most rigorous course curriculum available at their high schools. Kids who attend schools with limited or no AP...

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What Colleges Look For

Five Ways You Can Still Improve Your Admissions Chances
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By Kevin McMullin
May 13, 2016 | 4 minute read

Juniors are just a few short months away from officially applying to college. And while there are lots of last-minute strategies that just don’t work (please don’t found a club or two this...

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Financial Aid/Scholarships

Should Parents or Kids Pay for College?
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By Kevin McMullin
January 30, 2016 | 2 minute read

I’ve seen a few stories in the press debating whether parents should pay for their kids’ college educations, or whether the time has come to shift that responsibility to the student. But...

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Testing/Test Prep

Advice for Bad Test-Takers
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By Kevin McMullin
January 16, 2016 | 3 minute read

The worst thing about standardized tests is that they make kids who don’t score well feel badly about themselves and about their chances of admission to college. Standardized tests measure...

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