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TLDR The Goal Your college application will likely need letters of recommendation or endorsement. These are commonly comprised of a letter from your counselor (who should also provide your school’s profile), plus two more from teachers to confirm that you are a student whose presence is desirable in a classroom. Some colleges want more than […]
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When is Merit Financial Aid not listed as financial aid? When it’s the Registrar awarding you Transfer Credits for your AP/IB test scores or Dual Enrollment course grades. These will not be showing up on your financial aid letter, but transfer credits can reduce the total money (and time) you are investing in your undergraduate […]
An important life-skill for college is being able to bake chocolate chip cookies to share with friends. Here is the recipe I use, it makes about 24 cookies (depending on how I size them). Step 0 is: pre-heat the oven to 350°. In a mixing bowl, combine the following ingredients: Mix these until homogenized (I […]
Your Senior year of high school will be spent with one foot in the future and your other foot in the past, actively trying to build the bridge between them. It will be stressful, but it should not actually be difficult. After ensuring you are caught up on the preparatory process, you will need to […]
Junior year is often more stressful than Senior year: 11th grade is when you set everything up, Senior year is when it falls into place. Going into 11th grade, students need to ensure that their transcript is coming together for their college ambitions, refine extracurricular engagements from exploring vague interests down to a coherent set of impact-focused activities, […]