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Hi everyone – really glad that all of you could make it today. And I'm glad we're continuing this weekly [webinar series]; we did one last week with Danny. Today we have Dayna joining us – and next week it'll be Kelly. We're doing three in a row for this little chunk of time.
Read MoreHow are your student's college search and list of schools going? We've shared our tips on how to build your college list and start researching schools (complete with questions students can ask themselves to help refine their lists), but it's also important to hone in and research the specifics—specifics like college majors.
Researching majors and choosing the one(s) for you can be a difficult task, especially for students with diverse interests. Here are five of our tips to help your student as they consider their options:
Read MoreWelcome back to our webinar series. It's been a little bit, but I'm glad that we're able to chat again – and hear from all of the folks at home – to give you some thoughts about what's coming up for our younger students: freshmen and sophomores… and a little bit of what's on our minds in regards to how we support younger students. And, hopefully, what should be on students’ and parents’ minds getting ready for this process.
Read MorePlanning for spring break? Check if college visits are on your itinerary! For all high schoolers, especially 11th graders who are building their college lists and 12th graders who are waiting to hear back from schools before National Decision Day, spring break is the optimal time to visit college campuses.
Read MoreHave you started building your college list yet? While spring of junior year is the critical time to research colleges you want to go to, as well as to start actively demonstrating interest in any schools that you may have already been interested in for a while now, it can be wise to start researching schools in your sophomore or even freshman year.
Read MoreWas “test-optional” just a COVID anomaly?
The idea of ditching “standardized” testing isn’t new. Test-optional policies have been around long before COVID-19. All that the pandemic did was push many schools to put it into practice – a live “test run,” if you will.
Read MoreThanks for coming tonight, making time for our pre-med Q&A. Let's get started. I can introduce myself, and then we'll have Robert introduce himself, and then we'll start with the questions.
Read More“Supplementals” are extra essays that supplement the main application. These are no less important than the main application. However, there’s one big difference between supplementals and main application essays: supplementals are specific to the school!
Read MoreThank you everyone for joining today. I think this is going to be a good session today – the last topic in our essay series, where we'll be discussing the supplements: how to tackle them, [and] how to get started.
Read MoreYour college essays (whether the Common App’s “Main Personal Statement,” the UC “PIQs,” or supplementals) aren’t the same essays you write for your English or history classes. Some of the same writing tips apply, but others, maybe not so much. When you sit down and try to draft your college application essays, how do you know which essay tips to follow? We’ll break it down for you.
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