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We are continuing our ILUMIN Education webinar series – and this is the first time that we're having students come and share about their experiences, and their time at specific universities. This week's panel is from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.
Read MoreAs a new and experienced consultant, Jon Castro joined ILUMIN Education’s consulting team in May 2021. After six years abroad, working as a teacher and educational consultant in China, Jon has gained valuable experience helping nearly 100 students into universities such as Penn, Yale, Duke, Brown, and Middlebury.
Read MoreWe'll be chatting more about majors today. Last webinar, earlier this week, we did a talk about summer programs: what you should be thinking about? We systematically went through the different options. We'll be going through that with majors through – that similar process of going through the different options: what students are looking at, and best practices, or what students should be looking at doing and achieving, and programs – things like that.
Read MoreToday Katie and Sarah will be with us introducing these different options, programs, and really just debriefing this entire process of how to plan out a summer. So we'll be talking a little bit more about that, and then we'll go through all the different options we have available.
Read MoreGood letters of recommendation can give colleges insight into the applicant from the teachers’ point of view, revealing personal or academic qualities about the student that grades don’t cover. These letters provide nuance and additional context to reinforce what’s already in the application and vouch for an applicant’s character both as a student and as a human being.
Read MoreThis webinar occurred on March 10, 2021 and featured Anthony Su, Katie Young, and Sarah Yiu.
Read MoreInterviewing is tough. Especially when it’s for something you really want (like getting into college), and you’re doing it for a LOT of different schools, all at about the same time. But here’s interview advice tip #1: be school-specific.
Read MoreHere are seven key steps to mastering time management and some accompanying online tools to help you succeed.
Read MoreMany ninth grade students are already a few months into their high school career. Now that students have had time to feel out the differences that a high school environment brings—maybe they’re probing different social spheres, or navigating the larger class sizes and workload—it’s time to look forward and consider the first steps in your student’s college-focused four year plan.
Read MoreFor many high school students, fall semester has already started. Granted, school may look and feel different for many students this year, but over the next few weeks, we’ll be highlighting some steps that high school students should be taking to prepare themselves for a strong start to the school year, as well as ways that students can set themselves up for strong admissions results in their senior year.
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