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Types of College Deadlines - What You Need to Know

If you’re in the throes of college admissions season, chances are you’ve heard of the various deadlines available for high school seniors to completely submit their application. These universal deadlines, mandated by each college, can be conveniently managed on universal application portals such as the Common Application or the Coalition Application. However, though of these application deadlines require that all supplemental components are submitted in conjunction with the application (transcript, essays, letters of recommendation, etc.), by leveraging the odds that are associated with each application deadline, we believe that we can leverage a student’s best foot forward in the competition

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The Prettiest College Campuses, According to TripAdvisor

The college experience is more than purely academic. This 4-year adventure can offer lifelong friends and contacts and often, several adventures to check off the bucket list. Clearly, the experience at college is a transformational one. When families go on college tours (sometimes, all over the country), some initial reactions always have to do which how a campus looks and feels—a reaction that can’t be manufactured merely by scrolling on a school’s website or even on a virtual tour. Amidst the stress that all too often comes along with college applications and admissions, sometimes one of the most “fun” filters to factor into a campus tour experience is the ultimate curb appeal and location of the campus itself

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Common App Prompts - How To Choose One That Works for You

This year’s Common Application (and swanky brand new platform) was unveiled on August 1st and in a rather underwhelming announcement, reinstated the same seven personal essay writing prompts that we’ve seen in years past.  Why would they repeat the same prompts? After annually poling admissions officers, applicants, parents, and counselors, the powers that be at the Common App have deemed these seven essays options the most effective in accurately understanding the applicant.

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How to Prepare for Your College Interview

With the wave of Regular Decision college applications in full force, some schools will reach out to applicants requesting more “face time,” generally in the form of an interview. These can take place face-to-face over a vanilla latte or depending on scheduling, can be carved out over the phone. You’re so close to the finish line so treat this next step in the process with as much effort and intentionality as you’ve handled the entire process up to this point.

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