What Colleges Look For Advice for Parents Life Advice for Teens

We know there are seniors around the country (and world) who have admissions offers in hand but still find themselves looking backward and wondering, “What if…?” Parents and other adult...

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What Colleges Look For College Applications Life Advice for Teens

For many of us during the pandemic, our social life needs were met by our social media feeds. Usage of these platforms skyrocketed as #quarantinelife led many people to seek meaningful...

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What Colleges Look For

In my first year as a college counselor, I met a student – let’s call her Kamila – who was adamant about studying medicine, and she shaped her list of colleges based almost exclusively...

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What Colleges Look For

Some students know what they want to study in college before they even get to high school. They’ve had their sights set on engineering school since the first time they logged onto a...

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What Colleges Look For

After what's been a doozy of a year, I decided to focus this final post of 2020 on establishing a narrative -- as best I could -- for the year that was, and a little bit of the year that...

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What Colleges Look For

Commercials for school supplies are airing, which means summer must be winding down (some people mark summer’s end with Labor Day; for me, it’s official when I see my first Target...

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