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Making the Most of Your Gap Year: 8 Tips for Every Adventurer
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By Jaein Seo
December 4, 2023 | 4 minute read

Are you at a crossroads, wondering if a gap year could be the right chapter in your life’s adventure? If the idea of exploration, personal growth, and diverse cultural experiences excite...

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Should Students Consider Taking a Gap Year? (Part 2)
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By Cecilia Grano De Oro
February 9, 2022 | 4 minute read

My last post on this topic explained gap years and some of the reasons students opt to take them. Here, I’ll explore the differences between two important gap year options: (1) applying to...

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Should Students Consider Taking a Gap Year?
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By Cecilia Grano De Oro
February 2, 2022 | 4 minute read

Editor’s note: next week, we'll be back with part two of this series on gap years, specifically focused on how colleges really feel about this option, when to apply to college if you’re...

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Engaged Without Worry
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By Kevin McMullin
December 15, 2021 | 2 minute read

It would be easy, particularly for a new reader to this blog, to get the sense that I’m encouraging kids to be less engaged with their college planning.

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Skirt This Law
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By Kevin McMullin
December 8, 2021 | 2 minute read

Parkinson’s Lawstates: “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” For students with college applications that still need to be completed over the winter break, I...

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Ally Is a Verb, Not a Noun
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By Christopher Logan
June 16, 2021 | 7 minute read

Happy Pride Month, everyone! As we all race to Target to purchase every piece of their beautiful pride merch and participate in another month of rainbow capitalism, I thought it might be a...

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