How to Build a Summer That Prepares You for College
Key Takeaways While the summer months are a long break for high school students to relax and have fun, the worst thing they could do is sit around and let that free time completely...
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Beyond the Main Campus: A Guide to Global College Programs
Key Takeaways There are countless factors to consider when building your college list: academics, majors, cost, location, culture, and so on. But beyond these, there’s another fa...
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Why Reading Is One of the Best Investments You Can Make Before College
Key Takeaways Students spend hundreds of hours studying for tests, completing assignments, and keeping up with school responsibilities. They get used to just skimming article...
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Get Scrappy: Creative Ways to Fill Gaps in Your Application This Summer
Key Takeaways School is out, summer is in full swing, but you still haven’t secured something to do. You didn’t get into that program, didn’t get the internship, and didn’t...
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Your Inbox Has 3,000 College Emails. Here’s What to Do.
Key Takeaways At first, it feels exciting when a college emails you; it feels like they found you. Then another email comes. Then another. Then another. Before you know it, your in...
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Perfect Scores Aren’t Enough: Why Top Colleges Look Beyond the Numbers
Strong grades and scores can show academic preparation, but they do not tell the whole story. The strongest applications also reveal character, context, voice, and contribution.
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Spike vs. Well-Rounded Students: Colleges Look for Patterns, Not Labels
Students do not need to force themselves into a perfect admissions label. A stronger application often comes from showing a real pattern across what they care about, build, and kee...
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Activities vs. Awards for College Applications: Proof Beats Both
Students often ask whether activities or awards matter more for college applications. A better question is what each one proves about their responsibility, skill, commitment, and i...
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Before You Chase Research for College Apps, Ask What It Proves
Key Takeaways Why research can strengthen an application, but should not be treated as a requirement for every student. The difference between chasing a research title and building...
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The Passion Project Trap: Why Colleges Look Past the Title
A passion project should do more than look impressive on an application. It should show the real work behind the title: what a student built, learned, and kept showing up for.
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