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How Should College-Bound Teens Spend Winter Break?
After family time and a bit of R&R, here are some tips on activities you can encourage your high school student to pursue during winter break, divvied out by grade: Seniors. Your 12th Grader may be...
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Do You Need “A Passion” To Get Into College?
Who brought that ubiquitous word “PASSION” to the college admissions process? Consultants? “How To Apply” books? Admissions officers? Guidance counselors? This word does not come from a teen...
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Prepare for College Essays by Journaling
How can you prepare your sophomore or junior for the college process ahead? You may have read my posts 10 Things You Can Do for Your College-Bound 10th Grader and Your 11th Grader’s 11 Steps to...
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How Should High School Juniors Get Ready for College This Summer?
I just wrote a Guest Column on this incredibly important subject in The Alternative Press.Com, a NJ online newspaper. To find out ten things your high school junior should be doing this summer to get...
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Position U 4 College Calendar for High School Juniors, Part I
Ellen DeGeneres recently shared “Ellen’s Funniest Calendars” on her TV talk show, inspiring me to publish my own Position U 4 College calendar for families with high school juniors starting the...
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Position U 4 College Calendar for High School Juniors, Part II
I was one of those children of the fifties young enough to clap gullibly when Mary Martin’s Peter Pan was trying to resuscitate ailing Tinker Bell on the 1960 NBC telecast of the Broadway hit. (Is my...
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Ten Ways for Teens to Spend the Summer
Update of my popular post for this upcoming summer: My college admissions consulting clients often ask how their high school students could best spend the summer. Here are ten alternatives to consider:...
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The Summer Between High School and College
I just finished reading “A Pre-College Summer To-Do List,” an excellent article in NY Times “The Choice” Blog. Education journalist Jacques Steinberg asked Lynn Jacobs and Jeremy Hyman, authors of...
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Preparing for Pre-Professional Programs: Pre-Veterinary, Pre-Animal
Your high school student has always talked about someday becoming a vet. What guidance can you offer to help your teen prepare for an undergraduate pre-veterinary track or the diverse array of other...
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What a Rising High School Senior Can Do This Summer to Get a Jump on College...
As a college admissions consultant, I often hear parents and their teens ask at the end of junior year, “What can we be doing during the summer to prepare for the crazy fall ahead?” This blog post lays...
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