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Pre-College Programs: Are They Worth the Time and Money?
With summer coming up, pre-collegiettes TM have plenty of great options for how to fill those long summer days. From getting a job, to...
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Making the Most of the Summer Before College: What to Put on Your Senior Summer Bucket List
High school graduation means saying goodbye to teachers, tests, and 6:30 A.M. wakeup calls to make sure you get to homeroom on time. But...
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HC’s College App Vocab Guide: Decoding the Trickiest Lingo
Are you stumped when it comes to cracking college lingo? Are you unsure of the actual definition of a weighted GPA? A holistic application...
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Collegiettes™ Weigh In: How They Combat Test-Taking Stress
Whether you're studying for the SATs, APs, your final exams, or a big history test, it's easy to let test-taking stress get under your skin...
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Collegiettes Weigh In: Why They Chose Their Schools
If you're feeling overwhelmed by the college application process, there's no need to worry. Millions of collegiettes have stood in your...
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Pick It or Skip It: The Best & Worst Questions to Ask on a College Tour
As a tour guide myself, I know that a campus tour can be the pre-college equivalent of an appearance on a stressful game show: you’re...
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Making The Big Decision: A Retrospective on the College Decision Process
Spring has sprung and pre-collegiettes TM all over the country know what that means: it’s time to make The Big Decision. After four years...
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A Long Ways Away: An Interesting Predicament
The more that I think about it, the more it becomes perplexing -- I'm ready for college [I think, and at least in mind] but not for Senior...
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How to Proudly Tell People Where You’re Going to College
You studied for the SATs, stressed over your college applications, and waited anxiously for your notification letters to arrive. Now that...
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SAT Test-Taking Strategies For During the Test
SAT testing day has arrived. You may have done as many practice tests as humanly possible, but there are still a few more tactics that can...