Does Attending an Elite College Matter? If So, Who Does It Help?
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Dina
- Mar 4, 2021
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How Do AP Tests Affect College Admissions?
With the SAT subject tests being cancelled, College Board has stated that it is placing more of its resources in the AP tests, resulting...
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Dina
- Feb 24, 2021
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Best Major for Med School: Two Things to Consider for Healthcare
There are two things for students who are thinking about healthcare to consider. To start, students often focus too much on the first...
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Dina
- Feb 19, 2021
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Does Your Undergraduate Degree Matter for Business?
When students come to me and tell me that they want to study business, my thought is usually the same: they don’t know what they mean....
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Dina
- Nov 16, 2020
- 5 min
FAFSA FAQ: Money for College!
Congratulations, you finally got admitted to the college of your dreams. Then you look at how much it’s gonna cost to actually go and go,...
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Dina
- Oct 27, 2020
- 3 min
Unique Admission Factors
“My son took more AP classes and had a perfect GPA and higher SAT. He got into COSMOS this year. How come my coworker’s kid got into...
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Dina
- Oct 12, 2020
- 4 min
Train Your Brain...Like An Olympian
OK, quick question...who do you think would say terrible things about him or herself? A teenager who got a bad grade? Read this: I never...
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Dina
- Oct 8, 2020
- 4 min
How Could Fried Rice Impress Admissions Officers?
Everyone’s got an opinion on what makes for good college application personal statements. Why not hear directly from admissions officers?...
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Dina
- Sep 28, 2020
- 3 min
Gap Years and Your College List!
Questions to Ask Yourself You are applying to college (perhaps next year). But you are wondering if it would be worth taking a gap year -...
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Dina
- Sep 21, 2020
- 5 min
Let Your K-Drama, Bollywood and Hollywood Heroes Help You Write!
When we start meeting to discuss essay topics, some of my students say, they have “nothing” to write about - Nothing to say about...
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Dina
- Sep 14, 2020
- 3 min
Tips for Overcoming Writer’s Block for College Apps!
You, the hero of the story, are stuck, staring at a blank Google Doc / computer screen / phone screen / etc. No words are entering your...
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Dina
- Sep 1, 2020
- 6 min
Early College Application Deadlines for 2020 and You!
You might have heard people getting excited about early deadlines. Why the excitement? And why are colleges offering two or even three...
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Dina
- Aug 24, 2020
- 7 min
Is Your Smartphone Breaking Your Child’s Heart?
We’ve all heard about how teenagers are addicted to their smartphones. In fact, a whopping majority of U.S. parents are worried about...
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Dina
- Aug 17, 2020
- 3 min
Save Tuition. Take AP?
One big misconception about AP is that passing AP exams helps students earn college credits, save money, and accelerate graduation....
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Dina
- Aug 10, 2020
- 4 min
Myth-busting the Business Major!!!
Beware the business administration major! There are so many ways that those programs run astray. But...but...it’s so...POPULAR? What...
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Dina
- Aug 10, 2020
- 6 min
The Most Diverse UC Class: Snapshot of Fall 2020
Fall 2020: Most Diverse UC Class The University of California (UC) system made headlines across the country last week for accepting its...
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Dina
- Jul 20, 2020
- 5 min
How to Get Into College With Your Art Portfolio!
So, you know that there is such a thing as art school. You’ve heard of Rhode Island Sschool of Design, Savannah College of Art and...
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Dina
- Jul 14, 2020
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How Can You Find Your Perfect College and Major in 2020
People believe that attending a top college impacts lifetime earnings. From Payscale, we see that yes, indeed, attending an Ivy League...
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Dina
- Jul 7, 2020
- 6 min
Multi-Tasking Doesn’t Prepare You for College!
Are You Multi-Tasking During this Pandemic? A few posts back, we wrote about the importance of setting good habits during the pandemic....
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Dina
- Jun 25, 2020
- 3 min
Are Your Daughters Saying “Sorry” Everyday?
The Child Mind Institute recently published an article that impressed us as very real: “Why Girls Apologize Too Much.” It immediately...
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