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ILUMIN Blog

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

What Does the Supreme Court’s Ruling Against Affirmative Action Mean for Your Student?

Elton Lin

The status of affirmative action in college admissions, or admission policies that consider the race of applicants in order to admit more students of underrepresented and historically-discriminated groups into higher education, has been in question for years

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Why ChatGPT Won’t Help You Write Your Perfect College Essay

Elton Lin

Chances are good that you’ve heard people wondering how ChatGPT-influenced essays will affect the college admissions process. It’s guaranteed that the available resources — everything from the advancement of AI to official guidelines from the universities themselves — will always turn over new updates for the most effective strategies. As for now, we’ve experimented with different ways that using ChatGPT can benefit or harm a student’s college application essays.

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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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