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Helpful tips about college admissions, test preparation and just being a better student, leader and person from ILUMIN Education.

Webinar Transcript: College Essay Series: Intro to WRITE! Workshops

Elton Lin

Thanks for joining this evening for the second installment of our college essay webinar series. We've got an exciting topic planned for tonight: our WRITE! workshops, which will be starting this July, and how these workshops can help your student get a strong and effective head start on their college essays.

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How to Stay Productive Over the Summer

Elton Lin

With summer comes warmer weather, a freer schedule, and significantly less academic and extracurricular obligations. It’s no wonder that it can be difficult to muster up the motivation to be productive over summer break! Still, making the most of summer is crucial for students preparing for college applications. Here are some of our tips for staying productive this summer:

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Webinar Transcript: College Essay Series: College Essays 101

Elton Lin

Today we're talking about college essays. I’m glad that we're able to highlight something new: something that students are starting… hopefully soon – and giving you an idea of how to get started here.

I'm joined by Katie and Lindsey today, who will be our guides throughout this process. Katie, do you want to introduce yourself, and then Lindsey?

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Why STEM Students Should Consider Liberal Arts Colleges

Elton Lin

As your student builds their college list and researches different schools, they will find that many schools fall under one of two categories: liberal arts colleges and large research universities. For STEM students, it may seem obvious that research universities are the way to go – but that isn’t necessarily the case! 

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Webinar Transcript: 2023 Admissions Trends: What’s Changed?

Elton Lin

We're tackling a pretty interesting topic tonight – because now that summer's here (happy June!) we're going to look back at this past 2022-2023 admissions cycle, and talk through some of the trends we've been seeing in college admissions.

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Summer Activities for Art and Creative Writing Majors

Elton Lin

Is your student interested in majoring in art or creative writing? Do they have their summer plans in place yet? Summer is a crucial time for students, who can use this time outside of school hours to get insight into their field of interest and build proof of demonstrated interest for their major.

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Webinar Transcript: College Financial Aid 101

Elton Lin

Hi everybody, good to have you on for our next installment of our ILUMIN webinar series. I’m excited to have Jack Wang on our show today.

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Summer Activities for STEM Majors

Elton Lin

Summer is a crucial time for students, who can use this time outside of school hours to get insight into their field of interest and build proof of demonstrated interest for their major.

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Webinar Transcript: How To Build a College List

Elton Lin

Good evening, everyone! We have a very exciting topic today for a lot of our rising seniors (current juniors) – and maybe some younger students to start thinking about – the college list process: what schools they should be looking at when they're thinking about the admissions process.

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6 Tips for Asking Teachers for Letters of Recommendation

Elton Lin

Students do a lot of self-advocating in their college applications, but colleges also value hearing what others have to say about an applicant. This is where teacher recommendation letters come into play.

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