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How to Pick Colleges -- Like a Professor Part II

March 05, 2009


More expert tips from the PRO-fessors about how to pick the right college for you! More than 4000 choices. Not sure of the price. Everyone telling you what to do. Its amazing that anyone ever picks the right college.

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Principle Matters

February 13, 2009


Rick Pound, the Admissions.com student-athlete expert, talks first principles and encourages us to take positive steps and stick to a few strong beliefs, no matter our circumstances. If we do this, he says, the opportunities will be endless.

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Admission Fears Overhyped?

January 13, 2009


Do you believe that your chances of getting into your dream school are really slim? Well, the question is, what's your dream school? Unless you're applying to one of the ultra-selective schools (which make up roughly just 10 percent of colleges), you will probably get into your top choice.

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Favorite Blogs and Shameless Plugs

January 09, 2009


In an attempt to start the New Year off right, a tip o' the keyboard to some of my fellow bloggers whose musings I read on a very semi-regular basis. While I realize it's hard to imagine any other admissions site being worth your time, there are two I scan periodically.

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Top 5 Tasks that Juniors Need to Do Now

January 07, 2009


As the new year starts, high school juniors can start checking things off on their college app to-do list. Register for standardized tests, visit a college, plan to take SAT subject tests, identify teachers to write your recommendations, and set up an appointment with your guidance counselor. Get ready!

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Hug Your Guidance Counselor

December 29, 2008


While I realize most of you have visions of sugarplum-coated dreidels dancing in your heads, or something like that, your guidance counselors are working desperately to get that last recommendation letter out that you accidentally forgot to request until this week, despite a January deadline.

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Internet Talk Radio Covers Admission Angst

December 26, 2008


If you're feeling the urge to talk to others about your angst over admissions, the blog PlanofStudy.com says the time is now. Or, really, January 5, when PlanofStudy will launch its internet radio show with and for real students.

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