The Passion Myth: You Don’t Need One Thing
Key Takeaways “Everyone says I need a thing. I don’t have a thing.” That’s the version of this problem that shows up most often. A student who runs cross-co...
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Most Students Overestimate Their Extracurriculars and Underestimate Their Jobs
Key Takeaways “I just work weekends at a grocery store. That’s not a real activity.” That sentence gets said by students whose schedules would exhaust most adults...
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You Got In. Now How Do You Actually Choose?
Key Takeaways It is a Tuesday night in April. A student has four acceptance letters open in four browser tabs. She has been waiting for this for months. Now she can’t make he...
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What Admissions Officers Can (and Can’t) See on Your Social Media
Key Takeaways A student submits her application on a Friday night. On Saturday morning she remembers a video she posted two years ago. It was a joke about a teacher. It got a lot o...
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Using AI on Your College Essay: Where Colleges Draw the Line
Key Takeaways A student opens a chat window at 11 p.m. and types: Write me a college essay about overcoming a challenge. Three seconds later, there is a clean 650-word essay. It is...
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Early Action vs. Early Decision: The Difference You Need to Know Before Applying
Keytakeaways College applications already come with enough decisions. Which colleges should you apply to?What should you write your essay about?Which test should you take? An...
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Additional Information Section Is Not Another Essay
Key Takeaways There is always that one section in an application that makes you stop and think, “Do I actually need to write something here?” No. For many students, that ...
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Why Senior Year Grades Still Matter After You’ve Already Applied
Key Takeaways Applications are in. Early decisions are starting to trickle back. Senior fall finally feels like it’s loosening its grip. I got in. The hard part is over. Not ...
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What “Yield Protection” Actually Is (and Whether It’s Real)
Key Takeaways “I had a 1550 and a 4.0. Why did my safety school waitlist me?” That question shows up every spring, and the explanation students reach for is almost alwa...
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The Real Value of a Fee Waiver — and Who Qualifies but Doesn’t Apply
Key Takeaways “We make too much for financial aid, but application fees are still adding up fast.” That sentence gets said by more families than the eligibility numbers...
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